Distributed Computing is the distribution of workload to different users on the internet to expedite the overall task(Aspenleaf). This has been historically been known as Peer to Peer but for the sake of this essay we will use the term Distributed Computing. Distributed Computing's accomplishments include making voice over IP possible telephony(Skype) and decoding the human genome(DOE). Tasks currently preformed using this technology is looking for the cure of cancer and AIDS. …showed first 75 words of 337 total…

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