GlossaryΒΆ

Core
A single computing unit. This was called a CPU until manufacturers started packing many processing units into a single package: now the term CPU is used for the package, and core is one of the several independent processing units within the package.
Job
A computational job is a single run of a non-interactive application. The prototypical example is a run of GAMESS_ on a single input file.
Resource
Short for “computational resource”: any cluster or Grid where a job can run.
Status
A one-word indication of a computational job execution status (e.g., RUNNING or TERMINATED).
Walltime
Short for wall-clock time: indicates the total running time of a job.

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