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Difference between distributed database and distributed processing:

Distributed database Distributed processing
A distributed database stores a logically associated database across more than one physically independent site which is linked through computer network. Distributed processing shares the logical processing of a database across more than one independent site which is linked through network.
It needs the distributed processing because data is distributed at multiple sites...

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