The abbreviated names used in this book are defined below.
Short Name | Full Name |
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AIX | Advanced Interactive Executive |
BLACS | Basic Linear Algebra Communication Subprograms |
BLAS | Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms |
ESSL | Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library |
FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
HTML | Hypertext Markup Language |
IP | Internet Protocol |
LAPACK | Linear Algebra Package |
LAPI | Low-level Application Programming Interface |
MPI | Message Passing Interface |
MPL | Message Passing Library |
NLS | National Language Support |
Portable Document Format | |
PE | Parallel Environment |
PBLAS | Parallel Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms |
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PSSP | Parallel System Support Programs |
ScaLAPACK | Scalable Linear Algebra Package |
SMP | Symmetric Multi-Processing |
SPMD | Single Program Multiple Data |
US | User Space |