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A COW or Cluster of Workstations is sometimes used as an alternate term, however that term might be used to suggest a potential of faster network communications between workstations.

Berkeley NOW Project

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This is considered as the birth of the network of workstations concept.

See also

• Distributed computing

For other uses of the term, see NOW. Distributed computing is the process of aggregating the power of several computing entities to collaboratively run a single computational task in a transparent and coherent way, so that they appear as a single, centralized system. ... Now can mean: The Present (time) Network of Workstations Now (Steve Roach) NOW - the National Organization for Women Now Thats What I Call Music! (often shorted to Now!) - a set of compilation albums NOW - alternative weekly newspaper in Toronto, Ontario NOW, formerly NOW with Bill Moyers, a newsmagazine on...

External link

• Berkeley NOW Project (http://now.cs.berkeley.edu/)