'''Network computing''' refers to computers or nodes working together over a [[computer network|network]].
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'''Network computing''' refers to computers working together over a [[computer network|network]] as opposed to stand alone computers like [[laptop]]s and [[home computer]]s. [[Cloud computing]], popularized during 2007,<ref name="ACampbell">{{cite web|url=http://www.theappgap.com/cloud-computing-get-used-to-the-term.html|title=Cloud Computing -Get Used to the Term|author=[http://www.theappgap.com/author/acampbell/ Anita Campbell]|date=2008-08-31|publisher=The App Gap|language=English|accessdate=2009-03-03}}</ref> is an alternate term for network computing.<ref name="JWilliams">{{cite web|url=http://www.johnmwillis.com/cloud-computing/who-coined-the-phrase-cloud-computing/|title=Who Coined the Phrase Cloud Computing?|last=Williams|first=John M.|coauthors=[http://twitter.com/csears Chris Sears]|date=2008-12-31|language=English|accessdate=2009-03-03}}</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=March 2009}}{{Failed verification|date=March 2009}}
'''Network computing''' may also mean:
==See also==
*[[Cloud computing]], a kind of Internet-based computing that provides shared processing resources and data to devices on demand
*[[Cloud computing]]
*[[ComputerDistributed networkcomputing]]
*[[Virtual Network Computing]]
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.network-computing.net/network-computing.htm Network Computing] at network-computing.net
