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Parallel Virtual Machine

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(parallel, networking, tool)Parallel Virtual Machine - (PVM) 1. A software system designed to allow a network of heterogeneous machines to be used as a single distributed parallel processor.

PVM was developed by the University of Tennessee, The Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Emory University.

http://epm.ornl.gov/pvm/.

Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.parallel.pvm.

2. The intermediate language used by the Gambit compiler for Scheme.


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gov/div895/pade/), and provides a single graphical user interface that incorporates all essential tools for development of parallel applications on a homogeneous or heterogeneous computer network, using the Parallel Virtual Machine message-passing library.
HP's Multicomputer System Environment includes both HP's popular TaskBroker load-balancing application and parallel virtual machine, the de facto industry-standard parallel-programming tool.
 
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