workstations like full featured batch systems htcondor provides job queueing mechanism scheduling policy priority scheme resource monitoring resource management used manage workload dedicated cluster computers well seamlessly integrate dedicated resources rack mounted clusters non dedicated desktop machines cycle scavenging one computing environment history term ''grid computing'' originated early metaphor making computer power easy access electric power grid power grid metaphor accessible computing quickly became canonical ian foster carl kesselman published
Formal science Computer science Distributed computing Grid computing