Does "as" mean "because"? What does "very" mean, please?
"Finally, there are situations in which it is not at all obvious that hiding distribution is a good idea. As distributed systems are expanding to devices that people carry around, and where the very notion of location and context awareness is becoming increasingly important, it may be best to actually expose distribution rather than trying to hide it. This distribution exposure will become more evident when we discuss embedded and ubiquitous distributed systems later in this chapter. "
anonymous Does "as" mean "because"? Pretty much. It also carries a touch of "while".
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anonymousDoes "as" mean "because"?
Pretty much. It also carries a touch of "while".
anonymousWhat does "very" mean, please?
That "very" literally meant "true" in the old days. Now we use it to emphasize something in various ways, in this case the importance of the notion when it seems that a mere notion would not b