note sundialsvc4 <p> Would you please elaborate on this good-idea a bit further? &nbsp; Specifically, the part about the UDP transmission of the word/count pairs. &nbsp; Somehow the words have to be parceled-out among the various machines who are counting them. &nbsp; How would you approach that piece of your scenario, such that the distribution is fair among the &ldquo;hundreds or thousands of&rdquo; nodes and yet we can be sure (although using UDP) that every pair is in fact counted or considered by someone. &nbsp; Also, what sort of UDP/TCP network bandwidth is this scenario relying upon? </p> 999845 999868