Network load balancing network traffic is evenly distributed to the extent possible to complete the same task several of the server or network node, thus part of the network nodes to avoid overload.

网络中的负载均衡就是将网络的流量尽可能均匀分配到几个能完成相同任务的服务器或网络节点上，由此来避免部分网络节点过载。

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In his previous company, Valence Research, Bain developed a distributed Web load-balancing software solution that was acquired by Microsoft and is now called Network Load Balancing within the Windows Server operating system.

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