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Sep 15, 2026 13 min

The Grid, CERN's Global Supercomputer - Computerphile

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CERN developed their 'Grid' before the world wide web took off. Maria and Andrzej explain how it does a lot more than just share the reams of data the Large Hadron Collider collects.Correction: at 1min 16s, Maria meant to say 10 Gigabits Per Second (not gigabytes)CERN Computing Centre (& Mouse Farm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0MgJFGL5jgMaria Alandes Pradillo - Grid Information System expertAndrzej Nowak - CERN Openlab CTO Officehttp://www.facebook.com/computerphilehttps://twitter.com/computer_phileThis video was edited by Sean Riley.Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at: http://bit.ly/bradychannels

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