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Web Computing: An Introduction
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International Journal of Engineering Research ISSN:2319-6890 (online),2347-5013(print)
Volume No.6, Issue No.12, pp : 531-532 1 Dec. 2017
Web Computing: An Introduction
Matthew N. O. Sadiku1, Adebowale E. Shadare1, and Sarhan M. Musa2
1
Department of Electrical/Computer Engineering, 2Engineering Technology, Prairie View A&M University
Email: sadiku@ieee.org; shadareadebowale@yahoo.com; smmusa @pvamu.edu
Abstract – Web computing is computing enabled by and current problems in informatics such as distributed computation,
situated on the web. It involves accessing a machine that is algorithm delivery, and data visualization [6].
somewhere connected to the Internet to process some data and
obtain results. It is based on a client/server model. The main III. CHALLENGES
objective of web computing is to perform CPU intensive tasks Every major computing technology has created significant new
by outsourcing the computations to external clients. This challenges even while enabling new levels of computational
paper provides a brief introduction to web computing. efficiency. One potential danger with web computing is its
inherent insecurity. Another major challenge is how to
Keywords: web computing, web-based computing guarantee the integrity of the results when the computation is
outsourced [7].
I. INTRODUCTION IV. CONCLUSION
Over the years, the web has grown into a platform for people- Web computing is a type of distributed computing that involves
centric one-to-one and many-to-many communication and Internet-based collaboration of several remote programs.
collaboration. With the appearance of Java programming Communication facilities on the web are crucial in designing
language, the dream of global distributed computing has become and implementing distributed systems for cooperation purposes.
a reality. Since computing is embedded into every facet of modern life,
The web supports pervasive, non-desktop computing that is it is crucial that students of all majors are educated about the
accessible in a large number of places. working and impact of web computing. There should be some
Web computing allows a host with limited resources to general education courses in web computing for engineering,
perform compute-intensive tasks by outsourcing the computer science, and other students [8].
computations to external clients. It is a modality of collaborative Advances in web computing guarantee a better support of
(parallel and distributed) computing wherein enormous human communication over wider distances than it is currently
volunteers register at a website. feasible.
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Volume No.6, Issue No.12, pp : 531-532 1 Dec. 2017
About The Authors Adebowale Shadare is a doctoral student at Prairie View A&M
Matthew N.O. Sadiku is a professor at Prairie View A&M University, Texas. He is the author of several papers.
University, Texas. He is the author of several books and papers. He is
an IEEE fellow. His research interests include computational Sarhan M. Musa is a professor in the Department of Engineering
electromagnetics and computer networks. Technology at Prairie View A&M University, Texas. He has been the
director of Prairie View Networking Academy, Texas, since 2004. He
is an LTD Spring and Boeing Welliver Fellow.
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