<s>
Many-task	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
(	O
MTC	O
)	O
in	O
computational	O
science	O
is	O
an	O
approach	O
to	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
that	O
aims	O
to	O
bridge	O
the	O
gap	O
between	O
two	O
computing	O
paradigms	O
:	O
high-throughput	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
(	O
HTC	O
)	O
and	O
high-performance	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
(	O
HPC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tasks	O
may	O
be	O
small	O
or	O
large	O
,	O
uniprocessor	O
or	O
multiprocessor	O
,	O
compute-intensive	O
or	O
data-intensive	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
further	O
state	O
:	O
"	O
There	O
is	O
more	O
to	O
HPC	O
than	O
tightly	O
coupled	O
MPI	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
to	O
HTC	O
than	O
embarrassingly	B-Operating_System
parallel	I-Operating_System
long	O
running	O
jobs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
related	O
areas	O
are	O
multiple	O
program	O
multiple	O
data	O
(	O
MPMD	O
)	O
,	O
high	B-Operating_System
throughput	I-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
(	O
HTC	O
)	O
,	O
workflows	O
,	O
capacity	O
computing	O
,	O
or	O
embarrassingly	B-Operating_System
parallel	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
projects	O
that	O
could	O
support	O
MTC	O
workloads	O
are	O
,	O
Mapreduce	B-Operating_System
,	O
,	O
Boinc	B-Operating_System
,	O
HTC-mode	O
,	O
,	O
and	O
.	O
,	O
</s>
