👉 In the context of computer science, a "contubernium" is an object that represents a network or system where multiple computers are connected together to perform tasks in parallel. This concept was introduced by Alvaro Pacheco and David C. Rau in 1998 as part of their work on distributed computing systems. A contubernium can be seen as a collection of interconnected computers, each with its own set of resources (such as memory, processors, or I/O devices