TY - BOOK AU - Pierfederici,Francesco TI - Distributed computing with Python: Harness the power of multiple computers using Python through this fast-paced informative guide SN - 9781785889691 U1 - 005.133 PY - 2016/// CY - UK PB - Packt Publishing KW - Distributed Computing KW - Python N2 - This book will teach you how to perform parallel execution of computations by distributing them across multiple processors in a single machine, thus improving the overall performance of a big data processing task. We will cover synchronous and asynchronous models, shared memory and file systems, communication between various processes, synchronization, and more.Style and ApproachThis example based, step-by-step guide will show you how to make the best of your hardware configuration using Python for distributing applications. Index Terms ER -