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Homogeneous - Made up of identical components. A homogeneous architecture is one in which each element is of the same type - processor arrays and multicomputers are usually homogeneous.
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Homogeneous vs Heterogeneous - Often a cluster of workstations is viewed as either homogenous or heterogeneous. These terms are ambiguous, as they refer to not only the make of the workstation but also to the operating system being used on them.
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For example, it is possible to have a homogenous clusterrunning various operating systems (SunOS/Solaris, or Irix 4/5).
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