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Client/server computer framework

The Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) is a software system developed in the early 1990s from the work of the Open Software Foundation (OSF), a consortium founded in 1988 that included Apollo Computer, IBM, Digital Equipment Corporation, and others. The DCE supplies a framework and a toolkit for developing client/server applications. The framework includes:a remote procedure call (RPC) mechanism known as DCE/RPC a naming (directory) service a time service an authentication service a distributed file system (DFS) known as DCE/DFS Wikipedia →

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  2. Skim a recent paper: Inspecting Edge Data Integrity With Aggregate Signature in Distributed Edge Computing EnvironmentInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: High-altitude plume computer code developmentThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Andrew: a distributed personal computing environmentCited 293 times
  5. Go sideways: Network File SystemA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Distributed Component Object ModelA closely related topic

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