What does grid computing actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

Vendors define grid computing as whatever best fits their products. More discipline is needed to stop the damage ...

Grid computing hooks up to open standards Analysis: The development of a global system of distributed computing will take no little time and involves many novel concepts.

Defining grid computing is like throwing darts at a dragonfly. That’s because there are as many definitions for grid computing as there are people to ask about it. For example, some observers ...

Grid computing is a hardware and software infrastructure that clusters and integrates high-end computers, networks, databases and scientific instruments from multiple sources to form a virtual ...

But like most good ideas, actually putting grid into practice is proving hard work. So hard, in fact, that many vendors have fudged the definition of grid to encompass technologies they can offer now, ...

Corey Klaasmeyer defines grid computing and contrasts it with cluster computing. This article also leads the reader through a simple Globus Toolkit 4 grid service implementation.

With roots in computer clustering and grid computing, the technology that first sprouted during the ASP era of the late 1990s is now the computing topic du jour.

From searching for cures for disease to monitoring the Earth’s atmosphere, grid computing has become essential to data-intensive research. But accessing limited grid resources is not always a ...