Glossary of Data Communications TermsCourtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc. |
Term:
distributed data processing (DDP)
Definition: an organization of information processing such that both processing and data may be distributed over a number of different machines in one or more locations; a technique to enable multiple computers to cooperate in the completion of tasks, typically in a networked environment. Each computer that contributes to the completion of the total task actually does so by completing one or more individual subtasks independently of its peers, reporting the results from its subtasks as they are completed. |