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Login Node: A node intended as a launching point to compute nodes. Login nodes have minimal resources and should not be used for any application that consumes a lot of CPU or memory—also known as a head node.
Compute Node: Nodes intended for heavy computing. This is where all heavy processing should be done
RC: Short for Research Computing, the team that manages the ASU HPC supercomputer.
HPC: Short for “High Performance Computing” it refers to a group (cluster) of computers designed for parallelism across many computers at once. Publicly these are often called “supercomputers”
Cluster: A group of interconnected computers that can work cooperatively or independently.
Job: Work assigned to be done on a compute node. Any time a compute node is assigned a job is created.
Interactive Job: A job that allows the user to continue interacting with the node through the shell/terminal while the job is running. This is necessary for graphical programs like JupyterLab, RStudio, and Matlab, but can also be used directly in the shell/terminal.
Batch Job: A job that is submitted as a complete script and runs unattended.
Scheduler: The application on our end that assigns compute resources for jobs.
Slurm: The brand name of our scheduler which manages and allocates resources.
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