Organizing a network of computers to meet deadlines
Alan L. Leiner, W. A. Notz, J.L. Smith, Arnold Weinberger · 1958
Adeadline requirement on a data-processing job usually implies a high over-all problem-solving speed. When the basic computing components available at any time have inadequate top-speed limits, the system designer must attempt to produce the required problem-solving speed by organizing the components together in more powerful logical combinations.