replication
<database, networking> Creating and maintaining a duplicate copy of a
database or file system on a different computer, typically a server. The term
usually implies the intelligent copying of parts of the source database which
have changed since the last replication with the destination.
Replication may be one-way or two-way. Two-way replication is much more
complicated because of the possibility that a replicated object may have been
updated differently in the two locations in which case some method is needed to
reconcile the different versions.
For example, Lotus Notes can automatically distribute document databases across
telecommunications networks. Notes supports a wide range of network protocols
including X25 and Internet TCP/IP.
Compare mirror. See also rdist.
(1997-12-12)
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