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Discusses distributed computing, a technology emanating from the peer-to-peer computing model. Expectation that distributed computing will be a profitable business model; Details of the technology that breaks down large computations into fragments that can be distributed among computers tied to a n...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 357; no. 8200; p. 9
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 12/9/2000
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Sumario:Discusses distributed computing, a technology emanating from the peer-to-peer computing model. Expectation that distributed computing will be a profitable business model; Details of the technology that breaks down large computations into fragments that can be distributed among computers tied to a network; Power and limitation of the supercomputing technology.