<s>
The	O
Spread	B-General_Concept
Toolkit	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
computer	O
software	O
package	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
high	O
performance	O
group	B-Operating_System
communication	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
that	O
is	O
resilient	O
to	O
faults	O
across	O
local	B-General_Concept
and	O
wide	O
area	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
toolkit	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
messaging	O
server	O
,	O
and	O
client	O
libraries	O
for	O
many	O
software	O
development	O
environments	O
,	O
including	O
C/C	O
++	O
libraries	O
(	O
with	O
and	O
without	O
thread	O
support	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
class	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
applets	O
or	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
interfaces	O
for	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Ruby	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Spread	B-General_Concept
Toolkit	I-General_Concept
is	O
developed	O
by	O
Spread	O
Concepts	O
LLC	O
,	O
with	O
much	O
support	O
by	O
the	O
Distributed	O
Systems	O
and	O
Networks	O
Lab	O
(	O
DSN	O
)	O
at	O
Johns	O
Hopkins	O
University	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Experimental	O
Networked	O
Systems	O
Lab	O
at	O
George	O
Washington	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bindings	O
for	O
Spread	B-General_Concept
Toolkit	I-General_Concept
exist	O
for	O
many	O
languages	O
and	O
platforms	O
:	O
</s>
