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