Distributed web systems : past exam questions : level 3

This resource (B359 Distributed Web Systems Level 3) contains past examination questions from the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of Portsmouth. From mobile phones to the Internet, our lives depend increasingly on distributed systems linking computers and other devices together in a seamless and transparent way. This unit will provide the students with the basic knowledge of the principles and practice of distributed systems necessary to develop distributed Web applications in business and commercial environments. The unit aims to introduce basic concepts of distributed systems, the key challenges arising in their design and development, architectural and algorithmic approaches to solving these problems including middleware, systems infrastructure, and distributed algorithms. It also aims to provide the students with practical skills to develop distributed Web applications using the available industrial technologies. This open educational resource was released through the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre Open Engineering Resources Pilot project. The project was funded by HEFCE and the JISC/HE Academy UKOER programme.