Escali 4.4 Manual Do Utilizador

Section: 1.5 Terms and conventions

Unless explicitly specified otherwise, gcc (gnu c-compiler) and bash (gnu Bourne-Again-SHell) 
are used in all examples.

Term

Description.

Node

A single computer in an interconnected system consisting of more than one com-
puter

Cluster

A cluster is a set of interconnected nodes with the aim to act as one single unit

torus

greek word for ring, used in Scali documents in the context of 2- and 3-dimen-
sional interconnect topologies 

Scali system

A cluster consisting of Scali components

Front end

A computer outside the cluster nodes dedicated to run configuration, monitoring 
and licensing software

MPI process

Instance of application program with unique rank within MPI_COMM_WORLD

UNIX

Refers to all UNIX and lookalike OSes supported by the SSP, i.e. Solaris and 
Linux. 

Windows

Refers to Microsoft Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP

Table 1-2: Basic terms

Term

Description.

Program names, options and default values

User input

Computer related: Shell commands, examples, environment variables,

 

file locations (directories) and contents

Refers to Menu, Button, check box or other items of a GUI

Command prompt in shell with super user privileges

Command prompt in shell with normal user privileges

Table 1-3: Typographic conventions