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Definitions of distributed database:

A database that is physically located on more than one computer processor. It is connected via some form of communications network. An essential feature of a true distributed database is that users or programs work as if they had access to the whole database locally.
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A database, usually of the client/server type, that's located on more than one database server, often at widely separated locations. Synchronization of data contained in distributed databases is most commonly accomplished by the two-phase commit or replication methods. See replication and two-phase commit.
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A client-server database.
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"implies several computers, each one with a DBMS managing data stored on attached permanent storage devices; a general or local network...; and some facilities to manage data across the network". C. Esculier, Distributed Databases: state of the art, Computer Bulletin vol. 3, page 3, June 1987.
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A database that allows users on multiple computers to access data as though the files were stored locally. A distributed database requires database server software on each of the different computers where the data is stored. Each computer needs to be able to share its data with the others on the network.
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A single logical database whose data is stored on two or more servers.
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A database whose objects (tables, views, columns and files) reside on more than one system in a network, and can be accessed or updated from any system in the network.
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Several different data repositories linked together seamlessly so that it works for the user as if it were one single database. A prime example in the Internet is the DNS.*
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A distributed database is a database that is under the control of a central database management system in which storage devices are not all attached to a common CPU. It may be stored in multiple computers located in the same physical location, or may be dispersed over a network of interconnected computers.
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