distributed
In computing , Chord is a protocol and algorithm for a peer-to-peer distributed hash table . A distributed hash table stores key-value pairs by assigning keys to different computers (known as "nodes"); a node will store the values for all the keys for which it is responsible. Chord specifies how keys are assigned to nodes, and how a node can discover the value for a given key by first locating the node responsible for that key. Chord is one of the four original distributed hash table protocols, along with CAN , Tapestry , and Pastry . It was introduced in 2001 by Ion Stoica , Robert Morris , David Karger , Frans Kaashoek, and Hari Balakrishnan , and was developed at MIT . [ 1 ]
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