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