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author | rideout <rideout@17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac> | 2002-07-04 09:47:37 +0000 |
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committer | rideout <rideout@17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac> | 2002-07-04 09:47:37 +0000 |
commit | 1665566cf6575a7b1779212296a28cd2e916005e (patch) | |
tree | 02012255eba617e08e335fbb177f8b4df8df34b4 /doc/UsersGuide/Appendices.tex | |
parent | b50a02740a6220cc2fb9f942e873c1f17894f8b8 (diff) |
minor updates and fixes to glossary
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diff --git a/doc/UsersGuide/Appendices.tex b/doc/UsersGuide/Appendices.tex index 7d019fdd..c336c8c0 100644 --- a/doc/UsersGuide/Appendices.tex +++ b/doc/UsersGuide/Appendices.tex @@ -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 |