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Introduces distributed systems, covering fundamental concepts and showing how they are applied to build reliable distributed services. Examines several existing distributed applications, such as file systems, databases, lock services, digital currencies, smart contracts, and machine learning, and how these applications must coordinate to function and overcome failures, network partitions, or compromised parties. Distributed systems, such as databases, cloud services, and blockchains, are omnipresent in the services and applications that serve society on a daily basis.
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