Distributed computing is a field of computer science that studies distributed systems. A distributed system is a model in which components located on networked computers communicate and coordinate their actions by passing messages.[1] The components interact with each other in order to achieve a common goal.
In 1981 the Islamic Dawa Party's suicide bomber attacked the Iraqi embassy in Beirut. Hezbollah carried out a bombing of the US embassy in April 1983 and the attack on US Marine and French barracks in October 1983 which brought international attention to suicide bombings.
1 The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 changed the United States forever. Less than a month later (October 7, 2001) the United States began the War in Afghanistan, which is still happening today.  On March 20, 2003, the United States invaded and occupied Iraq.