Distriblets: Java-based distributed computing on the Web

Abstract

This paper describes a system for using the World Wide Web to distribute computational tasks to multiple hosts on the Web. A programmer with a computation to distribute registers it with a Web server. An idle host uses this server to identify available computations and downloads a Java class to perform the computation - this class is called a distriblet. The paper describes the programs written to carry out the load distribution, the structure of a distriblet class, and the experience in using this system.