World-wide computer (WWC) architecture

The world-wide computer is a set of virtual machines, or theaters that host one to many concurrently running universal actors. Theaters provide a layer beneath actors for message passing and remote communication. Every theater consists of a RMSP (Remote Message Sending Protocol) server, a local cache that maps between actors' names and their current locations, a registry that maps between local actor references their names, and a runtime environment. The RMSP server runs forever listening for incoming requests from remote actors and starting multiples threads to handle incoming requests simultaneously.

The world-wide computer (WWC) consists of the following key components:

• Universal naming
• Run-time environment.
• Remote communication Protocol
• Migration support
• Actor garbage collection