Network Services
Acronym |
Expanded |
|---|---|
GbE |
Gigabit Ethernet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GbE) |
IB |
Infiniband (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfiniBand) - QDR=40Gb/s |
IP |
Internet Protocol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_protocol) |
TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol) |
Storage Services
Acronym |
Expanded |
|---|---|
CIFS |
Common Inter File System (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cifs) |
HSM |
Hierarchical Storage Management (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_storage_management) |
NAS |
Network Attached Storage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage) |
NFS |
Network File System (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_File_System) |
KB |
Kilobyte - either 10{}3 bytes (disk) or 2{10} bytes (other) |
MB |
Megabyte - either 10{6} bytes (disk) or 2{20} bytes (other) |
GB |
Gigabyte - either 10{9} bytes (disk) or 2{30} bytes (other) |
TB |
Terabyte - either 10{12} bytes (disk) or 2{^40} bytes (other) |
In 2007, an IEC binary prefixes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, etc.) were introduced. They haven't yet been universally adopted.
Others
Acronym |
Expanded |
|---|---|
HPC |
High Performance Computing (legacy) |
HPRC |
High Performance and Research Computing |
MPI |
Message Passing Interface(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_Passing_Interface) |
VM |
Virtual Machine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine) |