Parallel Computing terms starting with P

38 terms

  1. PaaS (Platform as a Service) is comparable to renting servers from large data centres. The "rented server" is yours to do with as you please so you can put any stack you want on the…
  2. pagination Some APIs that return a potentially large list of records can return a subset by using a value to set the maximum number of returned records.
  3. paid AMI An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that you sell to other Amazon EC2 users.
  4. parallelism When speaking about GridFTP transfers, parallelism refers to having multiple TCP connections between a single pair of network endpoints.
  5. part In a multipart upload request, each part is a contiguous portion of the object's data.
  6. Period Usually designated by T. This is the time interval of one complete oscillation of any wave. See Wavelength.
  7. permission Authorization for a user to perform an action, such as sending e-mail for another user or posting items in a public folder.
  8. persistent storage A long-term data storage solution. Options within AWS are: Amazon S3, Amazon EBS.
  9. physical file name The address or the location of a copy of a file on a storage system.
  10. physical name A unique label AWS CloudFormation assigns to each resource when creating a stack.
  11. Pig An air manifold having a number of pipes which distribute compressed air coming through a single large line.
  12. Policy The contract form issued by the company to explain the coverage provided. It is a legal document.
  13. Policy-based Management A method of managing system behavior or resources by setting "policies" (often in the form of "if-then" rules) that the system interprets.
  14. Pooling Combining of assets of different entities, i.e., two or more counties, for efficient investment purposes while maintaining separate accounting trails.
  15. Port address translation (PAT) Port address translation.
  16. Portable Batch System (PBS) A job scheduler mechanism supported by GRAM. For more information, see http://www.openpbs.org.
  17. Premium Support A one-on-one, fast-response support channel that AWS customers can subscribe to for support for AWS infrastructure services.
  18. Principal Face value of an obligation, such as a bond or a loan, that must be repaid at maturity.
  19. Private Cloud A cloud computing-like environment within the boundaries of an organization and typically for its exclusive usage.
  20. private IP address All EC2 instances are assigned two IP addresses at launch, which are directly mapped to each other through Network Address Translation (NAT): a private…
  21. private key In secure communication, an algorithmic pattern used to encrypt messages that only the corresponding public key can decrypt.
  22. private subnet A VPC subnet whose instances cannot be reached from the Internet.
  23. Project eLiza An initiative launched by IBM in April 2001 to integrate autonomic capabilities into its products and services, including servers, storage, middleware…
  24. properties See resource property.
  25. property rule A JSON-compliant markup standard for declaring properties, mappings, and output values in an AWS CloudFormation template.
  26. provisioned IOPS A storage option designed to deliver fast, predictable, and consistent I/O performance.
  27. Provisioning Provisioning is the act of putting a grid component into the active state so that it is available to a consumer of the service or resource it supplies.
  28. proxy certificate A short lived certificate issued using a EEC. A proxy certificate typically has the same effective subject as the EEC that issued it and can thus be used…
  29. proxy credentials The combination of a proxy certificate and its corresponding private key. GSI typically stores proxy credentials in /tmp/x509up_u<uid> , where <uid> is…
  30. pseudo parameter A predefined setting, such as AWS:StackName that can be used in AWS CloudFormation templates without having to declare them.
  31. public access The access privilege in an access control list (ACL) that includes Depositor access and No Access and that allows reading, writing, and copying public…
  32. public AMI An Amazon Machine Image that all AWS accounts have permission to launch.
  33. Public Cloud A cloud computing environment that is open for use to the general public, whether individuals, corporations or other types of organizations.
  34. public data set A large set of public data that can be seamlessly integrated into AWS cloud-based applications.
  35. public IP address All EC2 instances are assigned two IP addresses at launch, which are directly mapped to each other through Network Address Translation (NAT): a private…
  36. public key An encryption key associated with a Notes ID that is used to verify an electronic signature, encrypt a message, or identify an authenticating user.
  37. public subnet A subnet whose instances can be reached from the Internet.
  38. PureTLS http://www.rtfm.com/puretls/