To process the MRI data, a computer overlaid on Pickens' brain a virtual three-dimensional grid of 50, 000 cubes called voxels (a word hinting at volume and pixels).

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The resources of those individual machines will then be pooled to create a massive computing "grid, " a virtual computer that is more powerful than the fastest supercomputers.

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The training provided the participants with the overview of the grid network, the architecture of the gLite middleware, an introduction to job submission, data management and grid workflows, the concept of virtual organizations and the virtual organisation management system, as well as practical exercises on the use of gLite on the GILDA testbed.

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The QuickFit Virtual Scale function to provide actual sized document, photo and alignment grid overlays onscreen so users can accurately preview and edit their photos on screen.

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Mr Wladawsky-Berger's hospital would similarly crunch patient-data using the internet, or grid, as if it were a single, giant virtual microprocessor, but for a more earth-bound purpose.

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