THE WHATIS.COM WORD-OF-THE-DAY July 2, 2003 PatriotGrid ______________ SPONSORED BY: AMD
64-bit computing software If you need more performance or are developing new applications, you may want to consider migrating from 32-bits to 64-bits. Wondering how much work is involved and which enterprise apps will most benefit? Find out here. http://WhatIs.com/r/0,,15830,00.htm?amd ________________ TODAY'S WORD: PatriotGrid See our complete definition with hyperlinks at http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci912630,00.html PatriotGrid is a group of distributed computing projects whose goal is to identify new leads for vaccines or cures for agents known to be potential bioterrorism weapons. To participate in PatriotGrid, users download a free, non-invasive screen saver from grid.org. The screen saver unobtrusively donates the user's extra processing power by recognizing when the user's computer is idle and linking up to a world-wide computer grid coordinated by United Devices. The grid of volunteer processing power acts as a supercomputer capable of running 1 trillion computations per second. PatriotGrid is being promoted as a way for ordinary citizens around the world to actively participate against the threat of bioterrorism. ______________________ SELECTED LINKS: Grid.org promotes PatriotGrid as a global effort to combat bioterrorism. http://www.grid.org/projects/patriot.htm 3nW offers more information about PatriotGrid's effort to fight bioterrorism with distributed computing. http://www.3nw.com/pda/patriotgrid.htm IBM joined PatriotGrid to help find a cure for smallpox. http://www-3.ibm.com/solutions/lifesciences/news/smallpox.html ______________________ RELATED TERMS: distributed computing http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci760724,00.html screen saver http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci212947,00.html supercomputer http://search390.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid10_gci213071,00.html ______________________ TODAY'S TECH NEWS: CISCO MAKES CCNA PROGRAM MORE ACCESSIBLE Cisco has created a two-test system for its Cisco Certified Network Associate program. The move makes the process easier for entry-level participants, while maintaining the quality of the certification. http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid7_gci912657,00.html ORACLE TO CONTACT PEOPLESOFT CUSTOMERS As federal regulators asked for more information regarding its PeopleSoft takeover bid, Oracle launched an initiative to reassure customers fears about the acquisition. http://searchcrm.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid11_gci912642,00.html REPORT EXPOSES SFA STUMBLING BLOCKS We've all heard a lot about CRM's high failure rate. Now, Accenture tries to pinpoint why sales force automation projects go awry. http://searchcrm.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid11_gci912687,00.html >> Catch up on all the latest IT news at http://searchtechtarget.techtarget.com/ ______________________ Information Kit | Voice over IP Having data and voice communications travel on one network is an idea that makes a lot of sense. Learn how Voice over IP works, get up to speed quickly, and be the VoIP Know-IT-All at your office. http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci911834,00.html ______________________ KNOW-IT-ALL QUESTION | Do you speak geek? Programmers often use this nonsense word as a placeholder. It's more formally known as a metasyntactic variable. a. GIGO b. foo c. HelloWorld d. slop >> Click for correct answer http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci212139,00.html _____________________ QUIZ #21 | General IT terms Do you know the difference between Jaguar and Longhorn? 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