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authorrideout <rideout@17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac>2002-07-04 09:47:37 +0000
committerrideout <rideout@17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac>2002-07-04 09:47:37 +0000
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minor updates and fixes to glossary
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@@ -41,16 +41,18 @@ that have a \texttt{.ccl} extension).
is what you get if you check out {\tt Cactus} from our CVS repository.
\item[{\tt friend}]
\item[{\tt GF}] Shorthand for a {\tt grid function}.
-\item[{\tt gmake}]
+\item[{\tt gmake}] GNU version of make utility.
\item[{\tt ghostzone}]
A ghostzone is a set of points added for parallelisation purposes to
enable inter-processor communication of data from processor
boundaries. In single processor runs there are no ghost zones.
Ghost zones should not be confused with symmetry or boundary zones.
+\item[{\tt grid array}]
\item[{\tt grid function}]
\item[{\tt grid hierarchy}] A computational grid, and the grid variables associated with it.
\item[{\tt grid scalar}]
-\item[{\tt grid variable}]
+\item[{\tt grid variable}] A {\tt grid scalar}, {\tt grid function},
+or {\tt grid array}.
\item[{\tt GNATS}] The GNU program we use for reporting and tracking bugs,
comments and suggestions.
\item[{\tt handle}] A signed integer value $>= 0$. Many Cactus routines return
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ Ghost zones should not be confused with symmetry or boundary zones.
\item[{\tt implementation}] See Section \ref{sec:im}.
\item[{\tt inherit}]
\item[{\tt interpolation}]
-\item[{\tt MPI}]
+\item[{\tt MPI}] Message Passing Interface.
\item[{\tt parameter}] A variable which remains unchanged throughout the execution of a Cactus executable. Parameters all have default values which can be changed in a parameter file.
\item[{\tt processor topology}]
\item[{\tt PUGH}] The default parallel driver for Cactus which uses MPI.
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ Ghost zones should not be confused with symmetry or boundary zones.
\item[{\tt reduction}]
\item[{\tt symmetry zone}] A symmetry zone is a set of points added to
the edge of a grid to contain data which is obtained, by some symmetry
-operation, from another part of the grid. (See also: symmetry zone, ghost zone.)
+operation, from another part of the grid. (See also: boundary zone, ghost zone.)
\item[{\tt TAGS}]
\item[{\tt target}]
\item[{\tt thorn}] A collection of subroutines with a definite interface