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computer cluster
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set of computers configured in a distributed computing system
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Encyclopedic overview
Technicians working on a large Linux cluster at the Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany Sun Microsystems Solaris Cluster, with In-Row cooling Taiwania series uses cluster architecture.
A computer cluster is a set of computers that work together so that they can be viewed as a single system. Unlike grid computers, computer clusters have each node set to perform the same task, controlled and scheduled by software. The newest manifestation of cluster computing is cloud computing.
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