# The distributed machine

DevFeed: [The distributed machine](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-distributed-machine-36060.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/the-distributed-machine>)

Author: Derek Wilson

Published: 2023-10-19T06:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computing.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Operating system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/operating-system.md>), [virtual machines](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/virtual-machines.md>), [container](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container.md>), [Processes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/processes.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computing.md>), [container](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container.md>), [distributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [operating-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/operating-systems.md>), [reliability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reliability.md>), [virtual-machines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/virtual-machines.md>)

## AI overview

This developer commentary presents Temporal through the lens of computer architecture. It compares physical and virtual machines, operating systems, and container orchestration before arguing that durable execution abstracts distributed processing from applications and represents a new kind of distributed machine.

## Source excerpt

Temporal from the perspective of computer architecture