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Abstract

A method is provided for responding to a computer system call requesting creation of such new process in a multicomputer system which includes multiple sites, each site including a local processor and local memory, and wherein the multicomputer system includes a distributed process directory which is distributed across multiple sites such that different site memories include different fragments of the process directory and such that the distributed process directory includes a multiplicity of slots, the method comprising the steps of: creating the new process on a respective site; providing in memory of at least one site a designation of sites for which respective process directory fragments include at least one unallocated slot; selecting a respective site from the designation; and referencing a respective process identification corresponding to the new process in a slot in a respective process directory fragment on the selected site.

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