distributed process

noun

UK /dɪˈstrɪbjuːtɪd ˈprəʊsɛs/

US /dɪˈstrɪbjətɪd ˈprɑːsɛs/

A distributed process is a job that many computers work on together at the same time.

The game used a distributed process so thousands of players could share one big world.

SYNONYMS

parallel process shared task networked job multi-computer task

RELATED WORDS

network server cluster cloud computing parallelism

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A business workflow that is spread across different teams or offices.

Approving the order was a distributed process handled by three departments.

3. A natural event that happens in many places at once rather than in one spot.

The storm was a distributed process, dropping rain across the whole coast.

4. In computing, a program split into parts that run on separate machines and talk to each other.

The search engine runs as a distributed process across many data centers.