<database, networking> Creating and maintaining a duplicate
copy of a database or file system on a different computer,
typically a server. The term usually implies the
intelligent copying of parts of the source database which have
changed since the last replication with the destination.
Replication may be one-way or two-way. Two-way replication is
much more complicated because of the possibility that a
replicated object may have been updated differently in the two
locations in which case some method is needed to reconcile the
different versions.
For example, Lotus Notes can automatically distribute
document databases across telecommunications networks. Notes
supports a wide range of network protocols including X25
and Internet TCP/IP.
