  When you first heard people speak of Piles of PCs, the first thing that came
to mind may have been a cluttered computer room with processors, monitors, and
snarls of cables all around. Collections of computers have undoubtedly become
more sophisticated than in the early days of shared drives and modem
connections. No matter what you call them, Clusters of Workstations (COW),
Networks of Workstations (NOW), Workstation Clusters (WCs), Clusters of PCs
(CoPs), clusters of computers are now filling the processing niche once
occupied by more powerful stand-alone machines. This article discusses the need
for cluster computing technology, Technologies, Components, and Applications,
Supercluster Systems and Issues, The Need for a New Task Force, and Cluster
Computing Educational Resources.
