The per-process view of naming and remote execution

1 August 1993

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Parallel & Distributed Technology: Systems & Applications

Vol. 1 (3) , 71-80
https://doi.org/10.1109/88.242448

Abstract

The per-process approach lets each process create its own private view of naming, instead of relying solely on the system's naming tree as in the per-system approach. The result is a flexible naming environment for distributed systems, especially for remote execution.

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