"Google Chrome OS is a project by Google Inc. to develop a lightweight computer operating system devoted to using the World Wide Web.[1]
Announced on July 7, 2009, it is based on Google's Chrome web browser and the Linux kernel.
It is set to be released during the second half of 2010.[3]
It will run on systems with either x86 or ARM processors.[4]
Google has stated that the Google Chrome OS project will be open source[5] by the end of 2009, and that it will use 'a new windowing system',[6] as opposed to the X Window System, which is the standard for Linux."
Cloud computing will be a large part of its design. It has stated that, for developers, "the web is the platform".[6] The Chrome OS is being targeted at users who spend most of their computer time on the Internet,[7]
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Cloud computing can be confused with:
- grid computing—"a form of distributed computing whereby a 'super and virtual computer' is composed of a cluster of networked, loosely coupled computers, acting in concert to perform very large tasks";
- utility computing—the "packaging of computing resources, such as computation and storage, as a metered service similar to a traditional public utility such as electricity";[7] and
- autonomic computing—"computer systems capable of self-management".[8]
Indeed, many cloud computing deployments as of 2009[update] depend on grids, have autonomic characteristics, and bill like utilities—but cloud computing tends to expand what is provided by grids and utilities. Some successful cloud architectures have little or no centralized infrastructure or billing systems whatsoever, including peer-to-peer networks such as BitTorrent and Skype, and volunteer computing such as SETI@home.
Cloud standards, a number of existing, typically lightweight, open standards, have facilitated the growth of cloud computing, including:
- Application
- Client
- Implementations
- Platform
- Service
- Data (XML, JSON)
- Web Services (REST)
- Storage
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