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# Distributed Computing

Run your own code across a GridGain 9 cluster as distributed, balanced, and fault-tolerant compute jobs, including colocated execution, MapReduce tasks, and WebAssembly jobs.

GridGain 9 lets you run your own code on the cluster in a distributed, balanced, and fault-tolerant way. This section explains how to configure and execute compute jobs, serialize the objects they exchange, and run WebAssembly compute jobs.

* [About Distributed Computing](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-9/gridgain9-development/distributed-computing-and-services/distributed-computing/about-distributed-computing.md) — configure and execute compute jobs, including colocated execution, MapReduce tasks, and .NET jobs.
* [Object Serialization](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-9/gridgain9-development/distributed-computing-and-services/distributed-computing/object-serialization.md) — control how job arguments and results are marshalled between servers and clients.
* [WebAssembly Compute Jobs](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-9/gridgain9-development/distributed-computing-and-services/distributed-computing/webassembly-compute-jobs.md) — run code compiled to WebAssembly on cluster nodes.

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