An arrangement of memory elements in one or more planes. A one dimensional array is called a vector, a multi-dimensional array is called a matrix.

A compiler is a computer program that translates a computer language(source language) into another computer language(target language). Read more about the Gedae compiler, a compiler built for multiprocessors.

The Cell Broadband Engine (Cell/B.E.) is a microprocessor jointly developed by IBM, Toshiba and Sony. The Cell architecture is intended to be scalable from handheld devices to mainframe computers by utilizing parallel processing. Sony is using the chip in their PlayStation 3 game console.

An artificial lanaguage used to write instructions that can be translated into machine language and then executed by a computer. Read more about the Gedae language, built for multiprocessors.

Multitasking within a single program. It allows multiple threads of execution to take place concurrently within the same program, each thread processing a different transaction or message

A portion of a program that can run indpendently of and concurrently with other portions of the program.