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-# Distributed Systems Basics
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+# Distributed Systems
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+A distributed system is a collection of independent computers that communicate and coordinate to appear as a single unified system. They are widely used for scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability in modern applications. However, they bring challenges such as synchronization, consistency trade-offs (CAP theorem), concurrency, and network latency.
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+Visit the following resources to learn more:
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+- [@video@Quick overview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJWwfMyPu1c)
+- [@article@Introduction to Distributed Systems](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/a-thorough-introduction-to-distributed-systems-3b91562c9b3c/)
+- [@article@Distributed Systems Guide](https://www.baeldung.com/cs/distributed-systems-guide)