Grid computing is the use of widely distributed computer resources to reach a common goal. A computing grid can be thought of as a distributed system with non-interactive workloads that involve many files. Grid computing is distinguished from conventional high-performance computing systems such as cluster computing in that grid computers have each node set to perform a different task or application. Grid computers also tend to be more heterogeneous and geographically dispersed than cluster computers. Although a single grid can be dedicated to a particular application, commonly a grid is used for a variety of purposes. Grids are often constructed with general-purpose grid middleware software libraries, and grid sizes can be quite large.
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Origin YearMarks the book that made the power-grid metaphor canonical; the underlying utility-computing metaphor is dated in the same source to 1961. Core ConcernUsing widely distributed, independently owned computing resources together to reach a common computational goal. 1 Grid Computing
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Grid computing is defined as a form of distributed computing.
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Ian Foster co-authored the field's canonical founding text and is credited (with Carl Kesselman and Steve Tuecke) as one of the field's fathers.
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The power grid metaphor for accessible computing quickly became canonical when Ian Foster and Carl Kesselman published their seminal work, "The Grid: Blueprint for a new computing infrastructure" (1999).
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Grid computing is the use of widely distributed computer resources to reach a common goal.
Associated With: Distributed Computing, Lead section
Grids are a form of distributed computing composed of many networked loosely coupled computers acting together to perform large tasks.
Associated With: Ian Foster, History section
The power grid metaphor for accessible computing quickly became canonical when Ian Foster and Carl Kesselman published their seminal work, "The Grid: Blueprint for a new computing infrastructure" (1999).
Associated With: Parallel Computing, Lead section, second paragraph
distributed or grid computing can be seen as a special type of parallel computing that relies on complete computers (with onboard CPUs, storage, power supplies, network interfaces, etc.) connected to a computer network (private or public) by a conventional network interface, such as Ethernet.
Associated With: Cloud Computing, article History section
In 2007 the term cloud computing came into popularity, which is conceptually similar to the canonical Foster definition of grid computing (in terms of computing resources being consumed as electricity is from the power grid) and earlier utility computing.
- In Group: Distributed, Cloud and Edge Computing, lead section
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led to the first global computing grid
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