distributed service architecture
nounA way of building software where many small programs work together on different computers to do one big job.
The game uses a distributed service architecture so millions of players can play at the same time.
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2. A design style where each function of an app runs as its own independent service that talks to the others over a network.
The team split the shopping app into a distributed service architecture with separate services for payments and shipping.
3. An arrangement of software parts spread across many machines so that no single computer does all the work.
With a distributed service architecture, if one server fails, the other services keep running.
4. A plan for building large systems from small, loosely connected pieces that can be updated one at a time.
They chose a distributed service architecture so they could upgrade the login service without touching the rest.