DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
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(DCE) An architecture consisting of standard programminginterfaces, conventions and server functionalities(e.g. naming, distributed file system, remote procedure call)for distributing applications transparently across networks ofheterogeneous computers. DCE is promoted and controlled bythe Open Software Foundation (OSF).Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.soft-sys.dce. (http://dstc.edu.au/AU/research_news/dce/dce.html).
By Denis Howe
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.