University of Virginia / University of Washington HCS / /
IndustryTerm
information infrastructure / communications characteristics / applications programmers writing applications / host operating system services / software challenges / non-toy applications / software problems / heterogeneous processors / macro dataflow machine services / collaboration systems / software reuse / parallel computing expert / resource management / local area networks / file systems / parallel processing / higher level services / object management services / wide area parallel processing / System software / object-oriented parallel processing system / host operating systems / enterprise-wide networks / giga-bit networks / real-world applications / interconnection network / communication services / software complexity / them incompatible with other systems / communication infrastructure / systems / metasystem infrastructure / parallel processing systems / wide-area parallel processing / software infrastructures / makes writing applications / wide-area heterogeneous computing / re-inventing tools / large applications / Basic communication services / lower level services / heterogeneous distributed computing systems / parallel processing system / physical infrastructure / particular network / parallel processors / low-level message passing services / implemented using host operating system services / replace existing host operating systems / /
Organization
University of Washington HCS / World Health Organization / National Science Foundation / University of Virginia / Department of Computer Science / Nationwide Virtual Computer Legion / /
Person
Paul F. Reynolds Jr. / James C. French / William A. Wulf James / Alfred C. Weaver Paul / James C. French Alfred / William A. Wulf / Andrew S. Grimshaw William / Andrew S. Grimshaw / Alfred C. Weaver / Paul F. Reynolds / /
Position
applications programmer / researcher / high-level scheduler / a name service / author / model for evolution / programmer / /
Product
hosts / /
ProgrammingLanguage
Fortran 90 / Ada / Fortran / C++ / C* / /
Technology
virtual machine / parallel processing system / virtual reality / operating system / operating systems / human genome / encryption / enabling technologies / one processor / load balancing / local area networks / parallel processing / /
Legion: The Next Logical Step Toward a Nationwide Virtual Computer Andrew S. Grimshaw William A. Wulf James C. French Alfred C. Weaver