pSeries
This book uses the following typographic conventions:
| Convention | Usage |
|---|---|
| bold | Bold words or characters represent system elements that you must use literally, such as: command names, file names, flag names, path names, PE component names (pdbx, for example), and subroutines. |
| italic | Italicized words or characters represent variable values that
you must supply.
Italics are also used for book titles and for general emphasis in text. |
| constant width | Examples and information that the system displays appear in constant-width typeface. |
Some of the abbreviated names used in this book follow.
| Short Name | Full Name |
|---|---|
| AIX | Advanced Interactive Executive |
| CSS | communication subsystem |
| DPCL | dynamic probe class library |
| dsh | distributed shell |
| GUI | graphical user interface |
| HDF | Hierarchical Data Format |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| MPI | Message Passing Interface |
| MPL | Message Passing Library |
| PE | IBM Parallel Environment for AIX |
| PE MPI | IBM's implementation of the MPI standard for PE |
| PE MPI-IO | IBM's implementation of MPI I/O for PE |
| PM array | program marker array |
| POE | parallel operating environment |
| pSeries | IBM pSeries
|
| PSSP | IBM Parallel System Support Programs for AIX |
| RISC | reduced instruction set computer |
| rsh | remote shell |
| RS/6000 | IBM RS/6000 |
| SDR | System Data Repository |
| SP | IBM RS/6000 SP |
| STDERR | standard error |
| STDIN | standard input |
| STDOUT | standard output |
| US | user space |