distributed

Definitions

Spread out or scattered over a wide area or among many individuals.

Shared or allocated among a group or system.

Relating to a computer system where processing is performed across multiple interconnected nodes.

Examples

The relief supplies were distributed to the families affected by the flood.

The company uses a distributed network to manage its global data traffic.

The professor distributed the handouts before beginning the lecture.

Synonyms

scattered dispersed spread diffused disseminated circulated allocated

Antonyms

concentrated centralized gathered collected clustered accumulated amassed