====== Gossip Protocol ======
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**Gossip Protocol** is a communication [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:p:protocol]], it is process computer to computer communication that works on the same principle as how information is shared on social networks. Nowadays, most of the systems often use **Gossip Protocols** to solve problems that might be difficult to solve in other ways, either due to inconvenience in the structure, is extremely large, or because **Gossip** solutions are the most efficient ones available.

The modern distributed systems use this peer to peer **Gossip Protocol** to make sure that the information is disseminated to all the members in the network. **Gossip Protocol** is referred to as **Epidemic Protocol** as it disseminates or spreads the data the same way as an epidemic spreads a virus in a biological habitat. 

Source: [[https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/the-gossip-protocol-in-cloud-computing/ ]]


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