6. 5840 Home Page: Spring 2026 It will present abstractions and implementation techniques for engineering distributed systems Major topics include fault tolerance, replication, and consistency Much of the class consists of studying and discussing case studies of distributed systems Prerequisites: 6 1910 (6 004) and one of 6 1800 (6 033) or 6 1810, or equivalent
GitHub - davidfregoli mit65840: 6. 5840 is an MIT core 12-unit graduate . . . 6 5840 is an MIT core 12-unit graduate subject with lectures, readings, programming labs, an optional project, a mid-term exam, and a final exam It will present abstractions and implementation techniques for engineering distributed systems Major topics include fault tolerance, replication, and consistency
6. 5840 General Information 6 5840 will have a midterm exam during the ordinary lecture time, and a final exam during finals week You must attend both exams There will be no make-up or alternate conflict times for the exams If you take 6 5840, please do not register for any other class with a conflicting lecture time