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Coming soon: superfast internet

THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.

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Learn About The Grid

CERN - European Organisation for Nuclear Research, where the World Wide Web started, has put up a web site: Grid Cafe (The place for everyone to learn about the grid). It consists of demos, games, history, projects, blogs, podcasts, videos.

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How does it work?

Check out the five big ideas crucial to the Grid's success....

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Resource Sharing
Secure Access
Resource Use
The Death of Distance
Open Standards

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There are dozens, perhaps hundreds, of Grid projects going on in the world.

Grid-tech projects
Testbed projects
Field-specific applications
Industrial Grid Activities
Grid Fora
Grid Portals
Volunteer Computing
Grid Outreach initiatives
Grid Consulting companies