distributed computing environment

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distributed computing environment - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Distributed Computing Environment
  
     (DCE) An architecture consisting of standard programming
     interfaces, conventions and server functionalities
     (e.g. naming, distributed file system, remote procedure call)
     for distributing applications transparently across networks of
     heterogeneous computers.  DCE is promoted and controlled by
     the Open Software Foundation (OSF).
  
     Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.soft-sys.dce.
  
     (http://dstc.edu.au/AU/research_news/dce/dce.html).
  
     (1994-12-07)