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Distributed Computing

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Google's search engine processes over 8.5 billion queries per day using a distributed computing system that spans data centers worldwide, with each query being handled by thousands of machines in parallel.

Why this is interesting

Every time you search the web or stream a video, you rely on a system that might use hundreds of thousands of computers working together. How can so many machines act as one seamless service?