29 Questions
What was the primary outcome of the global network that emerged during the mass adoption phase?
Decentralization and resource sharing
What was the main benefit of distributed computing?
Optimizing performance and efficiency
What characteristic of cloud computing enabled scalability and flexibility?
Virtualization
What was the primary advantage of peer-to-peer networks?
Promoting decentralization and resilience
What was the key feature of the new era of computing that emerged?
Harnessing the collective power of multiple machines
What is the number of defined routines in the basic MPI-1 implementation?
around 100
What is the primary difference between SIMD and SPMD?
There is no difference between SIMD and SPMD
What is the primary function of a communicator in MPI?
to enable communication between processes
What is the difference between a synchronous send and an asynchronous send?
A synchronous send waits for the message to be received, while an asynchronous send does not
What is the purpose of the MPI_COMM_WORLD communicator?
to initialize the MPI environment
What is the purpose of the rank identifier in MPI?
to provide a unique identifier for each process within a communicator
What is an alternative name for the 'master' node in MPI documentation?
Controller node
What is the purpose of the user-defined 'tag' in MPI communication?
To allow the receiver to understand the message content
What does MPI_ANY_SOURCE indicate in MPI communication?
The receiver does not know the sender's process rank
What is the minimum information required by the sender in MPI communication?
Receiver's process rank, data type, and user-defined tag
What is the analogy used to describe MPI data communication?
Email exchange
What is the significance of a 'rank' in MPI communication?
It is only defined within a specific communicator
What is the purpose of the dest parameter in the MPI_SEND function?
To specify the rank of the target process in the communicator
What is the role of the tag in the MPI_SEND function?
To specify a user-defined 'type' for the message
What is the purpose of the MPI_ANY_TAG constant?
To match any tag
What is the role of the send buffer in point-to-point messaging?
To hold the data to be sent
What is the role of the receive buffer in point-to-point messaging?
To store the incoming data
What is the nature of the MPI_SEND function?
Blocking, the function returns after the message is sent to the system
What is the purpose of the MPI_RECV function?
To wait for a matching message from the system
What is the significance of MPI_ANY_SOURCE in the MPI_RECV function?
It allows the message to be received from any source
What is the purpose of the status structure in the MPI_RECV function?
To provide further information about the received message
What is the consequence of receiving more than count occurrences of the datatype in the MPI_RECV function?
It is an error
Where can MPI programs run?
Either on the same computer or on other computers
What percentage of the module marks does the Portfolio assessment account for?
100%
Discover the evolution of distributed computing and peer-to-peer networks, and how they transformed the way devices share resources and interact with each other. Learn about the benefits of decentralization and the impact on scalability and resilience.
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