Parallel Computing terms starting with R

32 terms

  1. RA (Registrant Authority) A Registrant Authority works in conjunction with the Certificate Authority (CA) approving or rejecting requests for certificates of public keys.
  2. RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) A method of accessing multiple individual disks as if the array were one larger disk, spreading data access out over these multiple disks.
  3. RAID (Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks) A way of storing the same data in different places on multiple hard disks. Storing data on multiple disks can improve performance by balancing input and…
  4. range GET A range GET specifies a byte range of data to get for a download. If an object is large, you can break up a download into smaller units by sending…
  5. read replica An active copy of another DB instance. Any updates to the data on the source DB instance are replicated to the read replica DB instance using the built-in…
  6. receipt handle An identifier you get when you receive a message from the queue. This identifier is required to delete a message from the queue or when changing a…
  7. Redshift A change in the frequency or wavelength of light. This can arise from motion of the source (Doppler shift), expansion of space, or strong gravitational…
  8. reducer An executable in the MapReduce process that uses the intermediate results from the mapper and processes them into the final output.
  9. reference A document that discloses subject matter that is material to a determination of the patentability of a claimed invention. MPEP 2126, MPEP 2126.
  10. region A coverage feature class used to represent a spatial feature as one or more polygons. Many regions can be defined in a single coverage.
  11. Regions - US East, US West, GovCloud Amazon’s way of classifying multiple geographic areas hosting EC2 world-wide. Each AWS Region is a separate geographic area.
  12. Relational Database Service (RDS) A web service that allows users to set up, operate and scale a relational database in the cloud.
  13. Replica Location Index (RLI) Collects information about the logical name mappings stored in one or more Local Replica Catalogs (LRCs) and answers queries about those mappings.
  14. Replica Location Service (RLS) A distributed registry that keeps track of where replicas exist on physical storage systems.
  15. Representational State Transfer (REST) A type of HTTP-based request interface that generally uses only the GET or POST HTTP method and a query string with parameters. Sometimes known as Query.
  16. requester A requester is a person who sends a request to an AWS service and asks for access to a particular resource.
  17. Requester Pays An Amazon S3 feature that allows a bucket owner to specify that anyone who requests access to objects in a particular bucket must pay the data transfer…
  18. reservation A collection of EC2 instances started as part of the same launch request.
  19. Reserved Instance A purchase option which allows users to minimize cost by purchasing instances in bulk ahead of time.
  20. resource Data, metadata, a collection of data, or a collection of metadata accessed as a content item. Examples: a document, a database table, a content class.
  21. resource properties A resource is composed of zero or more resource properties which describe the resource.
  22. resource property A value required when including an AWS resource in an AWS CloudFormation stack. Each resource may have one or more properties associated with it.
  23. resource record Also called resource record set. Standard DNS terminology. See Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System.
  24. Resource Specification Language (RSL) Term used to describe a GRAM job for GT2 and GT3. (Note: This is not the same as RLS - the Replica Location Service)
  25. ResourceHome In Java WS Core, resources are managed and discovered via ResourceHome implementations.
  26. REST-Query Also known as Query or HTTP Query. This is a type of HTTP request that generally uses only the GET or POST HTTP method and a query string with parameters.
  27. RLS attribute Descriptive information that may be associated with a logical or target name mapping registered in a Local Replica Catalog (LRC).
  28. roaming workloads the backend product of cloudcenters.
  29. rollback A return to a previous state that follows the failure to create an object, such as AWS CloudFormation stack.
  30. root device volume Contains the image used to boot the instance. If you launched the instance from an AMI backed by instance store, this is an instance store volume created…
  31. Route 53 A scalable Domain Name System (DNS) that help businesses and developers to effectively route their end users in Internet applications by translating…
  32. route table A set of routing rules that controls the traffic leaving any subnet that is associated with the route table.