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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Caned

What does "caned" mean?

"They are usually caned computer networks or distributed systems, in contrast to the previous centralized systems (or single processor systems) consisting of a single computer, its peripherals, and perhaps some remote terminals"

  

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"caned" doesn't make sense. My guess is that it is a scanno for "called".

  • "caned" doesn't make sense.
  • My guess is that it is a scanno for "called".
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"caned" doesn't make sense. My guess is that it is a scanno for "called".

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I think it's just a typo for canned.

A canned system is jargon for a complete system that will work as soon as you take it out of the box and install it.

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Thank you both so much. I downloaded the book on the Internet it has another mistakes like "miJIions" instead of "millions". Do you think the original book has these mistakes too?

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