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(a) In multiprocessing the data processing is done within a local network using several processors in one computer while in distributed processing mode, data processing is done at several computers dispersed at different geographical areas.
(b) Multiprocessing is cheaper compared to the distributed processing since we only need one computer.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on April 19, 2018 at 05:38
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