Distributed Computer Systems Engineering

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Course logo. (Image courtesy of Frank Dabek. Used with permission.)

Instructor(s)

MIT Course Number

6.824

As Taught In

Spring 2006

Level

Graduate

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Course Features

Course Description

This course covers abstractions and implementation techniques for the design of distributed systems. Topics include: server design, network programming, naming, storage systems, security, and fault tolerance. The assigned readings for the course are from current literature. This course is worth 6 Engineering Design Points.


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