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SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS USED TO CREATE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS, IN THE NATURE OF A COLLECTION OF BASIC SOFTWARE AND ASSOCIATED SOFTWARE INTERFACES AND PROTOCOLS, IN AREAS SUCH AS COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION, RESOURCE LOCATION AND SCHEDULING, SECURITY, AND DATA ACCESS, WHICH TOGETHER MAYBE USED BY PROGRAMMERS TO CREATE APPLICATIONS WHICH COUPLE GEOGRAPHICALLY-DISTRIBUTED, HETEROGENEOUS COLLECTIONS OF RESOURCES