Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In computers, Xgrid is software (Apple Computer, Inc., n.d.) developed by Apple's Advanced Computation Group which allows a group of networked computers to engage in distributed computing. Presumably, the original purpose of Xgrid is to offer scientists an easy-to-implement method of exploiting heretofore underused computational power, at a low cost (OSNews.com, 2004). References Apple Computer, Inc. (n.d.). Advanced Computation Group. Retrieved January 15, 2004. OSNews.com. (2004). Xgrid -- A first look at Apple's new cluster software. Retrieved January 15, 2004. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.