satellite processor

satellite processor

[′sad·əl‚īt ‚prä‚ses·ər]

(computer science)

One of the outlying processors in a hierarchical distributed processing system, typically placed at or near point-of-transaction locations, and designed to serve the users at those locations.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.