User`s guide

Glossary-1
Glossary
CHECKPOINTBASE
The name of the parameter in the mdce_def file that
defines the location of the checkpoint directories for the
MATLAB job scheduler and workers.
checkpoint directory
See CHECKPOINTBASE.
client
The MATLAB session that defines and submits the job.
This is the MATLAB session in which the programmer
usually develops and prototypes applications. Also known
as the MATLAB client.
client computer
The computer running the MATLAB client; often your
desktop.
cluster
A collection of computers that are connected via a network
and intended for a common purpose.
coarse-grained application
An application for which run time is significantly greater
than the communication time needed to start and stop the
program. Coarse-grained distributed applications are also
called embarrassingly parallel applications.
codistributed array
An array partitioned into segments, with each segment
residing in the workspace of a different worker. When
created, viewed, accessed, or manipulated from one of
the worker sessions that contains part of the array,
it is referred to as a codistributed array. Compare to
distributed array.
communicating job
Job composed of tasks that communicate with each other
during evaluation. All tasks must run simultaneously. A
special case of communicating job is a parallel pool, used
for executing parfor-loops and spmd blocks.
Composite
An object in a MATLAB client session that provides
access to data values stored on the workers in a parallel
pool, such as the values of variables that are assigned
inside an spmd statement.
computer
A system with one or more processors.