Definitions
- A resource is an entity to be shared: computer,
storage, data, software. Defined by its interface.
- A network enabled service is a network protocol
that provides us with some services: FTP server, Web
server.
- A virtual organization (VO) is a dynamic
grouping of resources and people in order to solve a
problem. The Grid is meant to support VOs.
- Virtualization enables consistent resource
access across heterogeneous platforms.
- The Globus Toolkit is
the de-facto standard implementation of a Grid.
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