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distributed database
[di′strib·yəd·əd ′dad·ə·‚bās] (computer science)
A database maintained in physically separated locations and supported by a computer network so that it is possible to access all parts of the database from various points in the network.
distributed database
A collection of several different databases that looks like
a single database to the user. An example is the Internet
Domain Name System (DNS).