'''Network computing''' is a generic term in computing which refers to computers or [[Node (networking)|nodes]] working together over a [[computer network|network]].
{{Original research|date=March 2009}}
'''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.{{fact|date=July 2011}}