Parallel Virtual Machine

<parallel, networking, tool> (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: comp.parallel.pvm.

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

[And Multilisp?]

Nearby terms:
Parallel Server Option « Parallel SML « Parallel Sysplex « Parallel Virtual Machine » param » parameter » parameter RAM