part Part A: Background Materials -- chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Interprocess Communication: An Overview -- part Part B: Foundational Topics -- chapter 3 Models of Communication -- chapter 4 Representing Distributed Algorithms: Syntax and Semantics -- chapter 5 Program Correctness -- chapter 6 Time in a Distributed System -- part Part C: Important Paradigms -- chapter 7 Mutual Exclusion -- chapter 8 Distributed Snapshot -- chapter 9 Global State Collection -- chapter 10 Graph Algorithms -- chapter 11 Coordination Algorithms -- part Part D: Faults and Fault-Tolerant Systems -- chapter 12 Fault-Tolerant Systems -- chapter 13 Distributed Consensus -- chapter 14 Distributed Transactions -- chapter 15 Group Communication -- chapter 16 Replicated Data Management -- chapter 17 Self-Stabilizing Systems -- part Part E: Real World Issues -- chapter 18 Distributed Discrete-Event Simulation -- chapter 19 Security in Distributed Systems -- chapter 20 Sensor Networks -- chapter 21 Peer-to-Peer Networks.