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- ↑ Vitillo, Roberto (2021). Understanding Distributed Systems: What every developer should know about large distributed applications. Roberto Vitillo. ISBN 978-1838430207.
This article incorporates public domain material from Federal Standard 1037C. General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. (in support of MIL-STD-188).
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