title: What is the difference between a distributed system and distributed computing?
body: <p>I found out the following definitions of, respectively, <em>distributed system</em> and <em>distributed computing</em>:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p><strong>Distributed system</strong>: a collection of independent computers that are connected with an interconnection network.</p>
  <p><strong>Distributed computing</strong>: a method of computer processing in which different parts of a computer program are run on two or more computers that are communicating with each other over a network.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>However, it's not clear to me what the differences between the two are. <em>What is the difference between a distributed system and distributed computing?</em></p>