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Process migration is where a running process is transferred from one computer to another, and keeps running, generally without the user noticing.

Fail-over is where a backup server can seamlessly take over when a main server fails; it is sometimes called ``high availability''.

SMB is the TCP/IP-based protocol used by Lan Manager, Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups, and several other networking products, mostly DOS-related.

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