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What was the primary outcome of the global network that emerged during the mass adoption phase?
What was the primary outcome of the global network that emerged during the mass adoption phase?
- Increased reliance on central authorities
- A centralized hub for all computing resources
- Decentralization and resource sharing (correct)
- A limited access to computing resources
What was the main benefit of distributed computing?
What was the main benefit of distributed computing?
- Limiting access to computing resources
- Introducing a single point of failure
- Optimizing performance and efficiency (correct)
- Reducing the power of individual machines
What characteristic of cloud computing enabled scalability and flexibility?
What characteristic of cloud computing enabled scalability and flexibility?
- Virtualization (correct)
- Centralization
- Limited resource allocation
- Reduced on-demand access
What was the primary advantage of peer-to-peer networks?
What was the primary advantage of peer-to-peer networks?
What was the key feature of the new era of computing that emerged?
What was the key feature of the new era of computing that emerged?
What is the number of defined routines in the basic MPI-1 implementation?
What is the number of defined routines in the basic MPI-1 implementation?
What is the primary difference between SIMD and SPMD?
What is the primary difference between SIMD and SPMD?
What is the primary function of a communicator in MPI?
What is the primary function of a communicator in MPI?
What is the difference between a synchronous send and an asynchronous send?
What is the difference between a synchronous send and an asynchronous send?
What is the purpose of the MPI_COMM_WORLD communicator?
What is the purpose of the MPI_COMM_WORLD communicator?
What is the purpose of the rank identifier in MPI?
What is the purpose of the rank identifier in MPI?
What is an alternative name for the 'master' node in MPI documentation?
What is an alternative name for the 'master' node in MPI documentation?
What is the purpose of the user-defined 'tag' in MPI communication?
What is the purpose of the user-defined 'tag' in MPI communication?
What does MPI_ANY_SOURCE indicate in MPI communication?
What does MPI_ANY_SOURCE indicate in MPI communication?
What is the minimum information required by the sender in MPI communication?
What is the minimum information required by the sender in MPI communication?
What is the analogy used to describe MPI data communication?
What is the analogy used to describe MPI data communication?
What is the significance of a 'rank' in MPI communication?
What is the significance of a 'rank' in MPI communication?
What is the purpose of the dest parameter in the MPI_SEND function?
What is the purpose of the dest parameter in the MPI_SEND function?
What is the role of the tag in the MPI_SEND function?
What is the role of the tag in the MPI_SEND function?
What is the purpose of the MPI_ANY_TAG constant?
What is the purpose of the MPI_ANY_TAG constant?
What is the role of the send buffer in point-to-point messaging?
What is the role of the send buffer in point-to-point messaging?
What is the role of the receive buffer in point-to-point messaging?
What is the role of the receive buffer in point-to-point messaging?
What is the nature of the MPI_SEND function?
What is the nature of the MPI_SEND function?
What is the purpose of the MPI_RECV function?
What is the purpose of the MPI_RECV function?
What is the significance of MPI_ANY_SOURCE in the MPI_RECV function?
What is the significance of MPI_ANY_SOURCE in the MPI_RECV function?
What is the purpose of the status structure in the MPI_RECV function?
What is the purpose of the status structure in the MPI_RECV function?
What is the consequence of receiving more than count occurrences of the datatype in the MPI_RECV function?
What is the consequence of receiving more than count occurrences of the datatype in the MPI_RECV function?
Where can MPI programs run?
Where can MPI programs run?
What percentage of the module marks does the Portfolio assessment account for?
What percentage of the module marks does the Portfolio assessment account for?