About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Supercomputer, Client-server model, Multitier architecture, Distributed database, Parasitic computing, Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol, MongoDB, MapReduce, Live distributed object, Distributed social network, RM-ODP, Tuple space, CouchDB, Dynamic infrastructure, Autonomic Computing, Message passing, High level architecture, Explicit multi-threading, Distributed lock manager, Multi-master replication, IBZL, Volunteer computing, Utility computing, Distributed data flow, Distributed Interactive Simulation, Membase, Shared memory, Keyspace, Transparency, Paradiseo, Citrusleaf database, Master/slave, Fabric computing, Redis, Overlay network, Terrastore, PlanetSim, Mobile agent, Smart variables, Fragmented object, Messaging pattern, Edge computing, Database-centric architecture, Distributed memory, Dryad, Gemstone, Amazon SimpleDB, Distributed shared memory, Semantic Web Data Space, Amoeba distributed operating system, Fallacies of Distributed Computing, Portable object, Stub, HyperText Computer, Remote Component Environment, Code mobility, Data Diffusion Machine, Open Computer Forensics Architecture, Virtual Machine Interface, Virtual Object System, Network of Workstations, Network cloaking, Amazon Relational Database Service, Message consumer, Kayou, Service-oriented distributed applications, Distributed design patterns, Connection broker, Request Based Distributed Computing, Open architecture computing environment, TreadMarks. Excerpt: A supercomputer is a computer that is at the frontline of current processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation. Supercomputers are used for highly calculation-intensive tasks such as problems involving quantum physics, weather forecasting, climate research, molecular modeling (computing the structures and properties of chemical compounds, biological macromolecules, polymers...
