Beyond

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What is the meaning of "beyond"?

"The next evolutionary step beyond this is tightly-coupled software on the same loosely-coupled (i.e., multicomputer) hardware. The goal of such a system is to create the illusion in the minds of the users that the entire network of computers is a single timesharing system, rather than a collection of distinct machines. Some authors refer to this property as the single-system image. "