The field of distributed computing has its own vocabulary, and while the concepts are familiar to many, the specific usage of each word can vary from system to system (and vendor to vendor).
Useful terms:
- Compute Resources: Computers (desktops or servers, dedicated or shared) that are made available on the Digipede Network
- Digipede Agent: The client software that manages the Compute Resource for the Digipede Network
- Task: An atomic work item; typically, executed by running an application program on a single resource managed by a Digipede Agent
- Job: A collection of Tasks made to run on the Digipede Network
- Pool: A collection of Compute Resources on which Jobs are run
- Digipede Server: The server software that manages Jobs, Compute Resources, and Agent software
- Digipede Workbench: The user interface we provide for the Digipede Network, through which a user builds and runs jobs.
- Master Application: A front-end application that can control jobs on the Digipede Network (via Digipede API or Web Services)
- Distributed Application: The application that the Digipede Agent manages for execution on Compute Resources. This application does not need to be .NET, or "Digipede-aware;" it can be any Windows application.