<p><strong>Grid Technology or Grid computing&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;is a phrase&nbsp;in distributed computing which can have several meanings:</p><ul><li>A local&nbsp;computer cluster&nbsp;which is like a &quot;grid&quot; because it is composed of multiple nodes. </li><li>Offering online computation or storage as a metered commercial service, known as&nbsp;utility computing,&nbsp;<em>computing on demand</em>, or&nbsp;cloud computing. </li><li>The creation of a &quot;virtual supercomputer&quot; by using spare computing resources within an organization. </li><li>The creation of a &quot;virtual supercomputer&quot; by using a network of geographically dispersed computers.&nbsp;Volunteer Computing, which generally focuses on scientific, mathematical, and academic problems, is the most common application of this technology. </li></ul><p>Functionally, one can also speak of several types of grids:</p><ul><li>Computational grids (including <strong>CPU Scavenging</strong> grids) which focuses primarily on computationally-intensive operations. </li><li>Data grids&nbsp;or the controlled sharing and management of large amounts of distributed data. </li><li>Equipment grids&nbsp;which have a primary piece of equipment e.g. a telescope, and where the surrounding Grid is used to&nbsp;control the equipment remotely and to analyze the data produced. </li></ul>

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