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DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

COMPSCI 739
Course Description

Basic concepts; distributed programming; distributed file systems; atomic actions; fault tolerance, transactions, program and data replication, recovery; distributed machine architectures; security and authentication; load balancing and process migration; distributed debugging; distributed performance measurement; distributed simulation techniques; distributed applications; correctness considerations and proof systems.

Prerequisties
Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.9

3.78% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

0.53% from Historical

A Rate
80%

18.05% from Historical

Class Size
35

3.66% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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