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Characteristics of a distributed system
1. Openness: the system should be able to work with other system in order to bring flexibility
2. Fault tolerance: should be one that continue working in a state of massive failure
3. Concurrency : different operation can take place within the system at the same time without affecting other operation
4. Security
5. Scalability
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