Grid Computing terms starting with A

20 terms

  1. Abstraction Abstraction involves changing the interface of an object and exposing it in a more useful or appropriate form.
  2. Acyclic Digraph Directed Acyclic Graph
  3. Adaptive Algorithm An algorithm that can "learn" and change its behavior by comparing the results of its actions with the goals that it is designed to achieve.
  4. Adaptive Enterprise A marketing term used extensively by HP. An adaptive enterprise matches supply and demand of IT resources in real time, so the business can quickly manage…
  5. AFS (Andrew File Systems) The Andrew File System is a mountable networked file system.
  6. Aggregator Framework A software framework used to build services that collect and aggregate data. WS MDS Services (such as the Index and Trigger services) are built on the…
  7. aggregator services Services that are built on the Aggregator Framework, such as the WS MDS Index Service and Trigger Service.
  8. aggregator source A Java class that implements an interface (defined as part of the Aggregator Framework) to collect XML-formatted data.
  9. AI (Artificial Intelligence) The capacity of a computer or system to perform tasks commonly associated with the higher intellectual processes characteristic of humans.
  10. Algorithm A detailed formula or set of steps for solving a particular problem. To be an algorithm, a set of rules must be unambiguous and have a clear stopping…
  11. Ant Apache Open Source Java based build tool.
  12. Apache Axis The SOAP engine implementation used within the Globus Toolkit. See the Apache Axis website for details.
  13. Apache Commons See http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/ for more details.
  14. autoconf GNU Open Source package used to automatically configure the source code package.
  15. automake GNU Open Source used to automatically generate Makefile in files.
  16. Automation The replacement of manual operations by computerized methods. Automation can both improve efficiency and reduce errors brought on by manual intervention.
  17. Autonomic 1. Of, relating to, or controlled by the autonomic nervous system. 2. Acting or occurring involuntarily; automatic: an autonomic reflex.
  18. Autonomic Computing An approach to self-managed computing systems with a minimum of human interference.
  19. Autonomic Nervous System (AW-toh-NAH-mik NER-vus SIS-tem) The part of the nervous system that controls muscles of internal organs (such as the heart, blood vessels, lungs…
  20. Axis C++ Open Source SOAP implementation used by C-Hosting. See http://ws.apache.org/axis/cpp for more details.