Editing Distributed data store (section)

{{Short description|A computer network with 2 or more nodes to store information}}
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A '''distributed data store''' is a [[computer network]] where information is stored on more than one [[Node (networking)|node]], often in a [[Replication (computing)|replicated]] fashion.<ref>{{Citation
|author = Yaniv Pessach
|title = Distributed Storage
|edition = Distributed Storage: Concepts, Algorithms, and Implementations
|ol = 25423189M
}}</ref> It is usually specifically used to refer to either a [[distributed database]] where users store information on a ''number of nodes'', or a [[computer network]] in which users store information on a ''number of peer network nodes''.<ref name="urlDistributed Data Storage - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics">{{cite web |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/distributed-data-storage |title=Distributed Data Storage - an overview &#124; ScienceDirect Topics |format= |accessdate=}}</ref>