Parallel Computing terms starting with T

20 terms

  1. tag See: label.
  2. target name The address or location of a copy of a data item on a storage system.
  3. task node An EC2 instance that runs Hadoop map and reduce tasks, but does not store data.
  4. tebibyte A contraction of tera binary byte, a tebibyte is 2^40 bytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes. A terabyte is 10^12 or 1,000,000,000,000 bytes.
  5. Technical Enterprise Applications A class of enterprise application which usually exhibits some of the following attributes - Often highly parallel Heavily batch oriented.
  6. template format version The version of an AWS CloudFormation template design that determines the available features.
  7. template validation The process of confirming the use of JSON code in an AWS CloudFormation template.
  8. The Cloud is 'the Internet', or 'the Grid', or 'Utility Computing' or 'the Information Superhighway', or any other buzz word you can think of for the latest…
  9. The Stack a stack is made up of various computing components which provide different functionality.
  10. third party transfers In the simplest terms, a third party transfer moves a file between two GridFTP servers. The following is a more detailed, programmatic description.
  11. time series data Data provided as part of a metric. The time value is assumed to be when the value occurred.
  12. time stamp A date/time string in ISO 8601 format.
  13. TLS (Transport Layer Security) A protocol that provides communications privacy and security between two applications communicating over a network.
  14. topic A communication channel to send messages and subscribe to notifications. It provides an access point for publishers and subscribers to communicate with…
  15. Transport Layer Security (TLS) A cryptographic protocol that provides security for communication over the Internet. Its predecessor is Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
  16. transport-level security Uses transport-level security (TLS) mechanisms.
  17. Trigger Service An aggregator service (in WS MDS) that collects information and compares that data against a set of conditions defined in a configuration file.
  18. trusted CAs directory The directory containing the CA certificates and signing policy files of the CAs trusted by GSI.
  19. tuning Selecting the number and type of AMIs to run a Hadoop job flow most efficiently.
  20. Tunnel Covered portion of spillway between the gate or crest structure and the terminal structure, where open channel flow and/or pressure flow conditions may…