1. distributed systems distributed system distribution 1. A software source tree packaged for distribution; but see kit. 2. A vague term encompassing mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups but not BBS fora; any topic-oriented message channel with multiple recipients. 3. An information-space domain usually loosely correlated with geography to which propagation of a Usenet message is restricted; a much-underused feature. [Jargon File] distributive lattice A lattice for which the least upper bound lub and greatest lower bound glb operators distribute over one another so that a lub b glb c == a lub c glb a lub b and vice versa. "lub" and "glb" are written in LateX as sqcup and sqcap.
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