Scalability
Distributed Computing Systems
ACID
Layered applications and other architectural styles
P2P
Processes and threads
Virtualization
Client-server architecture: servers
Code migration, resources
RPC
Sockets; message-oriented middleware
Streams
Epidemic algorithms
Home-based naming
DHT
DNS
Name resolution algorithms
Physical clock synchronization
Logical clocks, vector clocks
Mutual exclusion algorithms
Coordinator election algorithms
Consistency
Fault tolerance
Reliable multicasting (over local network)