“Distributed Programs”. Texts in Computer Science. London: Springer London. (2010). pp. 373–406. doi:10.1007/978-1-84882-745-5_11. ISBN978-1-84882-744-8. ISSN1868-0941. "Systems consist of a number of physically distributed components that work independently using their private storage, but also communicate from time to time by explicit message passing. Such systems are called distributed systems."
“Distributed Programs”. Texts in Computer Science. London: Springer London. (2010). pp. 373–406. doi:10.1007/978-1-84882-745-5_11. ISBN978-1-84882-744-8. ISSN1868-0941. "Systems consist of a number of physically distributed components that work independently using their private storage, but also communicate from time to time by explicit message passing. Such systems are called distributed systems."