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Usually they have an odd number. The Space Shuttle had five, of which the fifth was running completely different software. In case of a 2/2 split the crew could shut down a pair (in case the failure was clear) or switch to the backup computer.


Interestingly etherum also takes the completely different software approach as well: there are 5 different main clients




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