Glossary
Abusive offered load A larger offered load than covered by normal RPC response-time agreements.
Access, memory Collective term for a memory read or write.
Assembly language A symbolic representation of individual computer instructions.
Asynchronous read/write An input/output operation whose initiator continues execution without waiting for a response.
Asynchronous RPC A remote procedure call whose caller continues execution without waiting for a response.
atime, directory field The last accessed time for a file
Average The arithmetic mean of a set of values.
Bursty Occurring at intervals in short sudden episodes or groups. Relating to or denoting the transmission of data in short separate bursts of signals.
Cache memory A hardware or ...
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