computer cluster
31Computer multitasking — In computing, multitasking is a method where multiple tasks, also known as processes, share common processing resources such as a CPU. In the case of a computer with a single CPU, only one task is said to be running at any point in time, meaning… …
32cluster controller — An IBM or IBM compatible device located between a group of 3270 terminals and the mainframe computer. The cluster controller communicates between the computer and the terminals using SDLC (Synchronous Data Link Control) or a bisynchronous… …
33Beowulf cluster — The Borg, a 52 node Beowulf cluster used by the McGill University pulsar group to search for pulsations from binary pulsars A Beowulf cluster is a computer cluster of what are normally identical, commodity grade computers networked into a small… …
34One-way quantum computer — The one way or measurement based quantum computer is a method of quantum computing that first prepares an entangled resource state, usually a cluster state or graph state, then performs single qubit measurements on it. It is one way because the… …
35Comparison of cluster software — The following tables compare general and technical information for notable computer cluster software. This article is not all inclusive and may become out of date quickly. Those software can be grossly separated in 4 categories: Job scheduler,… …
36GPU cluster — A GPU cluster is a computer cluster in which each node is equipped with a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). By harnessing the computational power of modern GPUs via General Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU), very fast… …
37Solaris Cluster — (sometimes Sun Cluster or SunCluster) is a high availability cluster software product for the Solaris Operating System, created by Sun Microsystems. It is used to improve the availability of software services such as databases, file sharing on a… …
38Veritas Cluster Server — (also known as VCS or now known as SFHA) is a High availability cluster software, for Unix, Linux and Microsoft Windows computer systems, created by Veritas Software (now part of Symantec). It provides application cluster capabilities to systems… …
39Two-node cluster — A two node cluster is the minimal high availability cluster that can be built.Should one node fail (for a hardware or software problem), the other must acquire the resources being previously managed by the failed node, in order to re enable… …
40Microsoft Cluster Server — Original author(s) Microsoft Developer(s) Microsoft Operating system Windows 2008 R2 / Windows 2008 / Windows 2003 R2 / Windows 2003 / Windows 2000/ Windows NT 4.0 Type …
