Parallel Computing terms starting with M

28 terms

  1. machine utilization The amount of machine capacity used to complete a particular request (for example SELECT, GET, PUT, and so on), normalized to the hourly capacity of a…
  2. mailbox provider An organization that provides email mailbox hosting services. Mailbox providers are sometimes referred to as Internet Service Providers, even if they only…
  3. main route table The default route table that any new VPC subnet uses for routing. You can associate a subnet with a different route table of your choice.
  4. Management Console Allows clients to access and manage AWS through a user-friendly interface. With this console, users can see all AWS services in one place, manage their…
  5. manifest An XML document that describes requirements for an application. The application manifest can be a separate file or embedded in the application's .exe file.
  6. mapper An executable that splits the raw data into key/value pairs. The reducer uses the output of the mapper, called the intermediate results, as its input.
  7. mapping Determining the physical location of a gene or genetic marker on a chromosome. (See Continuous map, Genetic map, Physical map.)
  8. MapReduce See http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r1.2.0/mapred_tutorial.html.
  9. marker A diagnostic indication that disease may develop.
  10. master node A process running on an Amazon Machine Image that keeps track of the work its core and task nodes complete.
  11. member resources See resource.
  12. message ID Amazon SQS: The identifier returned when you send a message to a queue.
  13. Message Passing Interface (MPI) The Message Passing Interface (MPI) is a library specification for message-passing, proposed as a standard by a broadly based committee of vendors…
  14. metadata Metadata is information about a particular data set which may describe, for example, how, when, and by whom it was received, created, accessed, and/or…
  15. metascheduler A program that typically operates at a higher level than a job scheduler (typically, above the GRAM level). It schedules and submits jobs to GRAM services.
  16. Metric (Software). An indicator, which measures some specific attribute of the software development process. 181
  17. metric name The primary identifier of a metric, used in combination with a namespace and optional dimensions.
  18. micro instance A type of EC2 instance that is more economical to use if you have occasional bursts of high CPU activity.
  19. migration Moving files to another computer application or platform; may require conversion to a different format.
  20. MMJS subjob One of the executable jobs in a multijob rendezvous.
  21. MODE command In reality, GridFTP is not one protocol, but a collection of several protocols.
  22. MPI (The Message Passing Interface) The Message Passing Interface is an application interface allowing formatted messages to enter and leave an application.
  23. Multi-AZ deployment A primary DB instance that has a synchronous standby replica in a different Availability Zone.
  24. multi-tenancy The system is built in a way that allows several customers to share infrastructure, without the customers being aware of it and without compromising the…
  25. multijob A job that is itself composed of several executable jobs; these are processed by the MMJS subjob. See also MMJS subjob.
  26. multijob rendezvous A mechanism used by GRAM to synchronize between job processes in a multiprocess job and between.
  27. multipart upload A feature that allows you to upload a single object as a set of parts.
  28. Multitool A Cascading application that provides a simple command-line interface for managing large datasets.