Author Question: How are events related to messages? What will be an ideal ... (Read 66 times)

wrbasek0 · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

How are events related to messages?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

In a ________ architecture, two or more computers on a network cooperate to perform services.

A) distributed
B) modern
C) networked
D) information system

reversalruiz · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Events are always related to messages. (As we emphasized, messages are the only mechanism by which objects in a virtual world interact.) The possible confusion lies in the direction of the message: call events result from receiving messages, while signal and time events send them. You send a message to a waiter to provide you with a menu, while the clerk at the train station sends you (and most likely others like you) a message when your train is delayed or canceled. As a result, sometimes we say that a message raises an event while, at other times, we may refer to an event message.

Answer to Question 2

A