What are backend distributed systems?

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Backend distributed systems are networks of independent computers that communicate and coordinate via message passing to act as a single, unified software system, enabling scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability. They are used to achieve scalability, high availability, and fault tolerance, so applications can handle more users and survive component failures. This is achieved by splitting the workload across multiple machines, nodes, or data centers, allowing for concurrent processing, and handling partial failures gracefully.