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Sep 21, 2004
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XML and Web Services
Reference Guide
Your Host Nicholas Chase
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This week in the XML Reference Guide, I'm going to talk
about an emerging way of computing: Grid Computing. If
you've ever downloaded the [EMAIL PROTECTED] program, which uses millions of individual computers to perform calculations, then you've used a grid system. Originally, grid used proprietary types of programming, but now it's moving in the direction of using web services to communicate. This week we'll see what the fuss is all about. |
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