distributedcomputingplatform
nounUK /dɪˈstrɪbjuːtɪd kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ ˈplætfɔːm/
US /dɪˈstrɪbjuːtɪd kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ ˈplætfɔːrm/
A system that lets many computers work together like one big team to do a job.
The scientists used a distributed computing platform to process millions of weather records overnight.
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2. A software framework that coordinates tasks across multiple networked machines.
The engineers deployed the distributed computing platform across three data centers.
3. A shared infrastructure where workloads are spread over many servers to improve speed and reliability.
Her startup built a distributed computing platform for training large AI models.
4. A network of independent computers that appear to users as a single powerful system.
The university's distributed computing platform pools thousands of idle desktop machines.