Grid computing

use of widely distributed computer resources to reach a common goal

operating system for high performance computing

Xgrid is a proprietary grid computing program and protocol developed by the Advanced Computation Group subdivision of Apple Inc.

free and open-source job scheduler for Linux and similar computers

MOSIX is a proprietary distributed operating system. Although early versions were based on older UNIX systems, since 1999 it focuses on Linux clusters and grids. In a MOSIX cluster/grid there is no need to modify or to link applications with any library, to copy files or login to remote nodes, or even to assign processes to different nodes – it is all done automatically, like in an SMP.

batch-queuing system for grid computing

dynamic set of individuals or institutions defined around a set of resource-sharing rules and conditions

American Multinational Company

TeraGrid was an e-Science grid computing infrastructure combining resources at eleven partner sites. The project started in 2001 and operated from 2004 through 2011.

communications project of the United States Department of Defense

HTCondor is an open-source high-throughput computing software framework for coarse-grained distributed parallelization of computationally intensive tasks.

Hungarian computer scientist