Utility computing refers to the business model of paying for data traffic or application usage.

效用计算是指按数据流量或应用程序的使用支付费用的一种业务模型。

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Figure 16. Compute Grid leverages the principles of utility computing and enables datacenters to provide batch as a service.

图16 .计算网格利用效用计算的原则，并支持数据中心将批处理作为服务提供。

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This session pointed out the differences between a traditional application development approach and a utility computing mindset.

这段演讲指出了传统应用开发方式和效用计算思维方式的区别。

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Sun's announcement marks the information technology industry's latest step toward "utility computing, " a grid system in which companies pipe in data processing and storage from faraway server farms, says Nicholas Carr, author of The Big Switch, a book on utility computing published earlier this week.

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Founded in 2004, 3Tera was in many ways the first commercial utility computing platform.

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But for now, those larger companies are treating utility computing services as side projects or experiments.

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