compute server
compute server
(computer, parallel)A kind of parallel processor where the
parallel processors have no I/O except via a bus or other
connection to a front-end processor which handles all I/O to
disks, terminals and network.
In some antiquated IBM mainframes, a second CPU was provided that could not access I/O devices, known as the slave or attached processor, while the CPU having access to all devices was known as the master processor.
In some antiquated IBM mainframes, a second CPU was provided that could not access I/O devices, known as the slave or attached processor, while the CPU having access to all devices was known as the master processor.
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