The network is the computer

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advertising slogan company motto slogan technology catchphrase

"The network is the computer" is a famous Sun Microsystems slogan encapsulating the vision that distributed networked resources collectively function as a single, unified computing system.

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instanceOf advertising slogan ⓘ
company motto ⓘ
slogan ⓘ
technology catchphrase ⓘ
associatedWithCompany Sun Microsystems NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithConcept distributed resources as a single system ⓘ
network transparency ⓘ
resource sharing over networks ⓘ
service-oriented architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
thin client computing ⓘ
associatedWithProduct Sun network computing solutions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sun servers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sun workstations NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTechnology Java platform NERFINISHED ⓘ
Network File System NERFINISHED ⓘ
Solaris operating system NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sun Grid Engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sun Ray thin clients NERFINISHED ⓘ
capturesVisionOf networked resources acting as a single computer ⓘ
category corporate motto ⓘ
technology slogan ⓘ
contrastsWith standalone personal computer model ⓘ
describesConcept client–server computing ⓘ
cloud computing ⓘ
distributed computing ⓘ
network as a unified system ⓘ
network computing ⓘ
utility computing ⓘ
emphasizes central role of networks in computing ⓘ
computing as a distributed service ⓘ
importance of network connectivity ⓘ
hasMedium Sun Microsystems promotional materials ⓘ
print advertising ⓘ
technical presentations ⓘ
trade show materials ⓘ
influenced later cloud computing marketing ⓘ
software as a service narratives ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor association with Sun Microsystems identity ⓘ
early articulation of cloud-like vision ⓘ
popularizedIn 1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
sloganFor Sun Microsystems NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn Sun Microsystems advertising campaigns ⓘ
Sun Microsystems branding NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sun Microsystems marketing ⓘ

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NeXT and Sun Microsystems → slogan → The network is the computer ⓘ
subject surface form: Sun Microsystems