Grid Computing terms starting with U

7 terms

1. UDDI (Universal Description Discovery and Integration) Universal Description Discovery and Integration is a standard to use Web Services across various systems, including .NET and J2EE-based solutions.
2. Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) Identifier that is immutable and unique across time and space.
3. URL (Universal Resource Locator) A Universal Resource Locator is the address that translates to a TCP/IP address in order to access resources in the Internet.
4. user certificate A EEC belonging to a user. When using GSI, this certificate is typically stored in $HOME/.globus/usercert.pem.
5. user credentials The combination of a user certificate and its corresponding private key.
6. utility computing While utility computing often requires a cloud-like infrastructure, its focus is on the business model on which providing the computing services are based.
7. Utility Data Center An infrastructure solution proposed by HP that allows virtualization of computing resources for the data center.