High-performance computing (HPC) is the use of parallel processing for running advanced application programs efficiently, reliably and quickly. The term applies especially to systems that function above a teraflop or 1012 floating-point operations per second. The term HPC is occasionally used as a synonym for supercomputing,
DEFINITION of FLOPS
In computers, FLOPS are floating-point operations per second. Floating-point is, according to IBM, “a method of encoding real numbers within the limits of finite precision available on computers.” Using floating-point encoding, extremely long numbers can be handled relatively easily. A floating-point number is expressed as a
DEFINITION of hertz
Hertz is a unit of frequency (of change in state or cycle in a sound wave, alternating current, or other cyclical waveform) of one cycle per second. It replaces the earlier term of “cycle per second (cps).”
DEFINITION of alternating current
In electricity, alternating current (AC) occurs when charge carriers in a conductor orsemiconductor periodically reverse their direction of movement. Household utility current in most countries is AC with a
DEFINITION of analog
1) In telecommunications, an analog signal is one in which a base carrier’s alternating current frequency is modified in some way, such as by amplifying the strength of the signal or varying the frequency, in order to add information to the signal. Broadcast and telephone transmission have conventionally used analog technology.
DEFINITION of digital
Digital describes electronic technology that generates, stores, and processes data in terms of two states: positive and non-positive. Positive is expressed or represented by the number 1 and non-positive by the number 0. Thus, data transmitted or stored with digital technology is expressed as a
DEFINITION of binary
Binary describes a numbering scheme in which there are only two possible values for each digit: 0 and 1. The term also refers to any digital encoding/decoding system in which there are exactly two possible states.In digital data memory, storage, processing, and communications, the 0 and 1 values are sometimes called “low” and “high,” respectively.
DEFINITION of bytecode
Bytecode is computer object code that is processed by a program, usually referred to as avirtual machine, rather than by the “real” computer machine, the hardware processor. The virtual machine converts each generalized machine instruction into a specific machine instruction or instructions that this computer’s
