What is Grid Computing
Analogy to the Electrical Power Grid
Several Organizations Share Resources
Integrated infrastructure that delivers
Computing Capacity
Data Capacity
Communication Capacity
Started at Argonne National Labs in 1990
Compute or Data Intensive Applications
Distributed Collaboration
Large Problems
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