Application software is a subclass of computer software that employs the capabilities of a computer directly and thoroughly to a task that the user wishes to perform. This should be contrasted ...

Distributed Applications (ĐApps) are software applications that are stored and executed mostly on cloud computing platforms and that run on multiple systems simultaneously.

Yet such distributed systems have their own problems. Depending on the application, you may need to solve complex issues of managing state in an unpredictable, failure-prone environment — one ...