Some Terminology - 4
Some Terminology - 4
Supercomputer - Most powerful computer that is available at any given
time. As performance is roughly proportional to cost, this is not very
well defined for a scalable parallel computer. Traditionally, computers
costing some $10 - $30 M are termed supercomputers.
Symmetric Multiprocessor (SMP) - A Symmetric Multiprocessor
supports a shared memory programming model -- typically with a UMA
memory system, and a collection of up to 32 nodes connected with a
bus.
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) - A connection-oriented
transport protocol used in the DARPA Internet. TCP provides for the
reliable transfer of data, as well as the out-of-band indication of urgent
data.