He noted that there had been a long tug-of-war between the ideas of centralized and decentralized computing.

The expansion of the Internet during the 1990s brought about a new class of centralized computing, called Application Service Providers (ASP).

A collective term encompassing both thin client computing, and its technological predecessor, text terminals (which are text-only), is centralized computing.

Rotenberg sounded wary, and perhaps even a little betrayed by Apple joining in what he calls a "counterrevolution": reverting to centralized computing.

The reverse situation, however, (i.e., a system supported better than your needs) is one of the key advantages to centralized computing.

The idea of centralized computing was born.

A relatively new method of centralized computing, hosted computing, solves many of the problems associated with traditional distributed computing systems.

But not all software designers agree that future operating systems will necessarily lead to more centralized computing.

In contrast, centralized computing exists when the majority of functions are carried out, or obtained from a remote centralized location.

This is the opposite of centralized computing, which was prevalent during the early days of computers.