Some Terminology - 3
Some Terminology - 3
Metaproblem - Term describes a class of problem which is outside the
scope of a single computer architectures, but is instead best run on a
Metacomputer . These problems consist of many constituent subproblems.
Ex. the design and manufacture of a modern aircraft, which presents
problems in geometry grid generation, fluid flow, acoustics, structural
analysis, operational research, visualisation, and database management.
The Metacomputer for such a Metaproblem would be networked
workstations, array processors, vector supercomputers, MPP, and
visualisation engines.
Protocol - A set of conventions and implementation methodologies defining
the communication between nodes on a network. Ex. seven layer OSI
standard model going from physical link (optical fiber to satellite) to
application layer (such as Fortran subroutine calls).