We have studied several common continuous distributions: the Uniform, the Exponential, and the Normal. However, if we turn to computer science quantities, such as file sizes, job CPU requirements, IP flow times, and so on, we find that none of these are well represented by the continuous distributions that we’ve studied so far. To understand the type of distributions that come up in computer science, it’s useful to start with a story.
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