Editing Parallel computing (section)

=====Grid computing=====
{{main|Grid computing}}
Grid computing is the most distributed form of parallel computing. It makes use of computers communicating over the [[Internet]] to work on a given problem. Because of the low bandwidth and extremely high latency available on the Internet, distributed computing typically deals only with [[embarrassingly parallel]] problems.

Most grid computing applications use [[middleware]] (software that sits between the operating system and the application to manage network resources and standardize the software interface). The most common grid computing middleware is the [[Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing]] (BOINC). Often [[volunteer computing]] software makes use of "spare cycles", performing computations at times when a computer is idling.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Scott|title=COMPUTER SCIENCE: Rough Times Ahead|journal=Science|volume=299|issue=5607|pages=668–669|doi=10.1126/science.1081623|year=2003|pmid=12560537|s2cid=60622095}}</ref>