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• Brown, Martin. "Comparing traditional grids with high-performance computing." IBM. Jun 13, 2006. http://mcslp.com/gridpdfs/gr-tradhp.pdf
• Dietz, Hank. "Linux Parallel Processing HOWTO." Aggregate.org. Jan. 5, 1998. Retrieved March 29, 2008. http://aggregate.org/LDP/19980105/pphowto.html
• "Parallel processing." SearchDataCenter. March 27, 2007. Retrieved March 29, 2008. http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid80_gci212747,00.html
• "Programming Models." Tommesani. Retrieved March 29, 2008. http://www.tommesani.com/ProgrammingModels.html.