Ask HN: Web apps and mobile apps and back end = distributed system?

Hi!

I apologise for the title; I just couldn't find a way to fit the question in the characters count limit.

Basically, would you say that clients (either web and, or, mobile), together with the backend, form a single distributed system? Why? Why not?

I suppose that _it depends_. But does viewing them as a distributed system give any useful insight, tools or concepts that could be reused when integrating clients and the backend?

Or is it just an amusing thought experiment but a dead-end nonetheless?

Have a nice day!