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COMP 512. Distributed Systems.

Credits: 4
Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2026
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Description

Models and Architectures. Application-oriented communication paradigms (e.g. remote method invocation, group communication). Naming services. Synchronization (e.g. mutual exclusion, concurrency control). Fault-tolerance (e.g. process and replication, agreement protocols). Distributed file systems. Security. Examples of distributed systems (e.g. Web, CORBA). Advanced Topics.
  • 4 hours
  • Prerequisites: COMP 310, COMP 251 or equivalent.

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