CS551Advanced Software Engineering.ppt

CS551 - Lecture 2 CS551Advanced Software Engineering Yugi Lee STB #555 (816) 235-5932 yugi@ /~yugi What is a Distributed System? A collection of autonomous hosts that that are connected through a computer network. Each host executes components and operates a distribution middleware Middleware enables the components to coordinate their activities Users perceive the system as a single, integrated computing facility. Why Distributed Object Technology? Distributed: Video clients need to download/show video on customer’s Web-TV Multiple servers needs to be operated by Hongkong Telecom Object Te