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Oracle Grid Engine

Oracle Grid Engine is a type of software that helps computers share their resources for better performance. It's a way for lots of different computers to work together on a big project. Imagine you have a bunch of toy cars that you want to race against each other. Each car is like a computer, with its own engine and wheels. But you only have one track, so each car has to take turns racing.

Now, imagine you could connect all those toy cars together and make them work as a team. Instead of taking turns, they could all race at the same time! That's kind of what Oracle Grid Engine does. It connects all the computers in a network and makes them work together on big projects.

For example, let's say there's a big company that needs to run some complicated software. They have lots of different computers, but when they try to run the software, it takes a really long time because each computer is doing it separately. With Oracle Grid Engine, all those different computers can work together to run the software faster.

It's like all the toy cars racing at the same time on the same track. Instead of waiting for one car to finish before the next one can race, they can all work together to get the job done faster.

So, in short, Oracle Grid Engine is like a way for computers to work together as a team, instead of working separately.