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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, is an alternate term for network computing.<ref name="NYTimes Lohr">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/technology/08cloud.html|title=Google and I.B.M. Join in ‘Cloud Computing’ Research|author=[http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/steve_lohr/index.html?inline=nyt-per Steve Lohr]|date=2007-10-08|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|language=English|accessdate=2009-03-03}}</ref><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><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>

'''Network computing''' is computers working together over a [[computer network|network]] as opposed to stand alone computers like [[laptop]]s and [[home computer]]s.

==See Also==

*[[Cloud computing]]

*[[Computer network]]

==References==

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*[http://www.network-computing.net/network-computing.htm Network Computing] at network-computing.net

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