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Distributed memory is, for all intents and purposes, virtually synonymous with message-passing, although the actual characteristics of the particular communication schemes used by different systems may hide that fact.
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Message-passing approach:
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Tasks communicate by sending data packets to each other.
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Messages are discrete units of information and can be distinguished from all other messages (theory).
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Parallel tasks use these messages to send information and requests for same to their peers.
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