Glossary

• ABI
• accelerator
• ALF
• API
• ATO
• Broadband Engine
• C++
• cache
• CBEA
• Cell BE processor
• Cell Broadband Engine processor
• cluster
• compiler
• computational kernel
• compute task
• data set
• DMA
• DMA command
• DMA list
• DMA-list command
• EA
• effective address
• exception
• FFT
• GCC
• handle
• host
• HTTP
• Hybrid
• IDL
• kernel
• latency
• local store
• LS
• main storage
• main thread
• MFC
• MPMD
• node
• PDF
• pipelining
• PPE
• PPE
• PPU
• process
• program section
• SDK
• section
• SIMD
• SPE
• SPU
• SPU
• synchronization
• thread
• vector
• virtual memory
• virtual storage
• work block
• workload
• work queue
• x86
• XLC