摘要 |
A computing system comprising a plurality of host computers interconnected b y a data communication network, each storing a plurality of data records, each being programmed to access a record held on another, each being programmed selectively to create new records and to allocate names thereto, and to move a record to another said host computer, in which each host computer is programmed to allocate to each new record a name indicative of the identity of that host computer, and that name remains indicative of that host computer after said record is moved, and each host computer is arranged to store a table of data storing, for all records on all said host computers, data indicating the host computer on which that record is currently stored, and to update that table when a said record is moved or created. |