NOT FOR CSS GRID LAYOUT. Instead use [css-grid]. This tag is ambiguous, please don't use it. For row-column layouts, use [grid-layout]. For the HPC setup, use [grid-computing]. For the R plotting package, use [r-grid]. For multi-dimensional data, use [matrix] or [array] or [raster]. For WPF-Grid control, use [wpfgrid]
In computing grid typically refers to either grid-layout, or grid-computing, or the r plotting package r-grid, or multidimensional data matrix/array/raster.
A grid-layout is a layout which divides a specified area into a defined number of rows and columns. Visually it closely resembles a table with the key distinction being a table layout should be associated with data firstly, whereas a grid layout can include various types of content. A grid is a structure (usually two-dimensional) made up of a series of intersecting straight (vertical, horizontal, and angular) or curved guide lines used to structure content. A grid can be used to organize graphic elements in relation to a page, in relation to other graphic elements on the page or in relation to other parts of the same graphic element or shape.
css-grid (aka "Grid"), is a two-dimensional grid-based layout system that aims to do nothing less than completely change the way we design grid-based user interfaces. CSS has always been used to lay out our web pages, but it's never done a very good job of it. First, we used tables, then floats, positioning and inline-block, but all of these methods were essentially hacks and left out a lot of important functionality (vertical centering, for instance). Flexbox helped out, but it's intended for simpler one-dimensional layouts, not complex two-dimensional ones (Flexbox and Grid actually work very well together). Grid is the very first CSS module created specifically to solve the layout problems we've all been hacking our way around for as long as we've been making websites.
grid-computing is the collection of computer resources from multiple locations to reach a common goal. The grid can be thought of as a distributed system with non-interactive workloads that involve a large number of files. What distinguishes grid computing from conventional high performance computing systems such as cluster computing is that grids tend to be more loosely coupled, heterogeneous, and geographically dispersed. Although a single grid can be dedicated to a particular application, commonly a grid is used for a variety of purposes.
r-grid is a low-level plotting package for r.
matrix and array refer to 2-dimensional and multi-dimensional rectangular data structures.
raster is a 2-dimensional array of pixels.
