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| Preface | . . . . . . . vii | |
| 1 | Introduction | 
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 | Reliable Transaction Router | . . . . . . .  | 
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 | RTR Continuous Computing Concepts | . . . . . . .  | 
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 | RTR Terminology | . . . . . . .  | 
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 | RTR Server Types | . . . . . . .  | 
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 | RTR Networking Capabilities | . . . . . . .  | 
| 2 | Architectural Concepts | 
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 | RTR Facilities Bridge the Gap | . . . . . . .  | 
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 | Broadcasts | . . . . . . .  | 
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 | Flexibility and Growth | . . . . . . .  | 
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 | Transaction Integrity | . . . . . . .  | 
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 | The Partitioned Data Model | . . . . . . .  | 
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 | Objects | . . . . . . .  | 
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 | Messages | . . . . . . .  | 
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 | Class Relationships | . . . . . . .  | 
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 | Polymorphism | . . . . . . .  | 
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 | Object Implementation Benefits | . . . . . . .  | 
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 | XA Support | . . . . . . .  | 
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