Are the remote and centralized repository the same thing in git?

Question

They seem to be synonyms, but I can\'t tell quite yet.

Basing this off the Subversion vs. DVCS debate here.

Answer 1

A central repository scheme mandates that everyone get their updates from one source, whereas a DVCS doesn't have that restriction.

The terms are easily conflated, because most workflows mandate that there is a single remote repository for every collaborator to base their work off of.

However, a remote repository is nothing more than another machine which you can place your Git history on. In practice, you can have a large amount of remotes, and be able to interact with them at will.