At 01:27 AM 4/30/01 +0100, Virginia Da Costa wrote the following:
>2. Can execution of programs be split between different machines -- i.e.
>SMP, symmetric multi-processing? I would assume not, on a simple Windows
>network, but one never knows ...
SMP refers to a computer with more than one central processing unit (CPU),
where each processor is treated exactly the same by the operating
system--that differs from Asymmetric Multi-Processing, where processors are
dedicated to special tasks.
Windows 2000 supports SMP but the results have been less than illustrious.
However, MS will try to show you otherwise.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/guide/server/compare/solaris.asp
The Multiprocessing OS/s that are best known are UNIX and OS/2, not Windows.
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Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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