Terminology.
| Client | This is basically a front end for the running application, usually a graphics workstation, but could be as simple as a textual interface using keyboard entry. Currently, the example programs use textual and OpenGL calls. | |
| Server | The server is an Intel Paragon with either nx_ or mpi_ message passing calls. | |
| Tracking | When data is transferred from server to the host then it is referred to as tracking. | |
| Steering | When the client is allowed to make changes to variables on the compute process, then the action is referred to as steering. This means that the client can send new values for prescribed variables during a running application. | |
| Variables | Data which are only permitted to be tracked are referred to as Variables. | |
| Parameters | Data which can be steered as well as tracked are referred to as Parameters. |
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