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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • March 19, 2004
    This article by Reuters gives an overview of some of the special-purpose, Internet-distributed computing projects for medical research, referred to here as ``grids'':

    ``The humble personal computer used to send e-mail or surf the Internet could quietly be finding a way to stop cancer, treat smallpox or counter a bio-terror attack with anthrax spores.

    ``Of limited power on their own, PC's when wired into so-called grids mimic the world's most powerful supercomputers--but at a fraction of the cost.''

    Full story:
    http://news.com.com/2100-7339-5173138.html

    Is this the correct use of the term ``grid computing''? Do ``[at]home'' and ``network of workstations'' projects fall into this category? How would you define the term?

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