PI/OT: Parallel I/O templates

Parallel Computing

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 543-570

  Parsons, Ian ^a   Unrau, Ron ^a   Schaeffer, Jonathan ^a   Szafron, Duane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enterprise; Parallel I O; Parallel programming systems; PI OT; PIOUS; Templates

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FILE ORGANIZATION; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS;

PARALLEL FILE DESCRIPTORS; PARALLEL INPUT/OUTPUT TEMPLATES (PI/OT);

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031168749     PISSN: 01678191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8191(97)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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