Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 40 relations: AARNet, Australia, Australian Government, Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, Broadwell (microarchitecture), Cloud computing, Computer data storage, Cray XC30, Cray XC40, CSIRO, Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, Epyc, Government of Western Australia, Haswell (microarchitecture), Headquarters, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IVEC, Ivy Bridge (microarchitecture), Joint venture, Joseph L. Pawsey, Kensington, Western Australia, Melbourne Bioinformatics, Murchison Widefield Array, Murdoch University, National Computational Infrastructure, Perth, Postal code, ProLiant, Quokka, Sandy Bridge, Scientific visualization, Silicon Graphics, Supercomputer, Technology Park Bentley, Unincorporated entity, University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Western Australian Regional Computing Centre, Westmere (microarchitecture).

2. Education in Western Australia

AARNet

AARNet (Australian Academic and Research Network) provides Internet services to the Australian education and research communities and their research partners. Pawsey Supercomputing Centre and AARNet are scientific organisations based in Australia.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Government

The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or the Federal Government, is the national executive government of the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

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Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder

The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) is a radio telescope array located at Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in the Mid West region of Western Australia.

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Broadwell (microarchitecture)

Broadwell (previously Rockwell) is the fifth generation of the Intel Core processor.

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Cloud computing

Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage (cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user.

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Computer data storage

Computer data storage or digital data storage is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media that are used to retain digital data.

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Cray XC30

The Cray XC30 is a massively parallel multiprocessor supercomputer manufactured by Cray.

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Cray XC40

The Cray XC40 is a massively parallel multiprocessor supercomputer manufactured by Cray.

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CSIRO

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government agency responsible for scientific research. Pawsey Supercomputing Centre and CSIRO are scientific organisations based in Australia.

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Curtin University

Curtin University (previously as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology) is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia.

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Edith Cowan University

Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a public research university in Western Australia.

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Epyc

Epyc (stylized as EPYC) is a brand of multi-core x86-64 microprocessors designed and sold by AMD, based on the company's Zen microarchitecture.

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Government of Western Australia

The Government of Western Australia is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of Western Australia.

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Haswell (microarchitecture)

Haswell is the codename for a processor microarchitecture developed by Intel as the "fourth-generation core" successor to the Ivy Bridge (which is a die shrink/tick of the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture).

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Headquarters

Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise

The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) is an American multinational information technology company based in Spring, Texas.

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IVEC

iVEC is the government-supported high-performance computing national facility located in Perth, Western Australia. Pawsey Supercomputing Centre and IVEC are education in Western Australia, scientific organisations based in Australia and supercomputer sites.

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Ivy Bridge (microarchitecture)

Ivy Bridge is the codename for Intel's 22 nm microarchitecture used in the third generation of the Intel Core processors (Core i7, i5, i3).

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Joint venture

A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance.

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Joseph L. Pawsey

Joseph Lade Pawsey (14 May 1908 – 30 November 1962) was an Australian scientist, radiophysicist and radio astronomer.

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Kensington, Western Australia

Kensington is a residential suburb 3 km from Perth's central business district.

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Melbourne Bioinformatics

Melbourne Bioinformatics (formerly the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, VLSCI) is a centre for computational life science expertise.

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Murchison Widefield Array

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a joint project between an international consortium of organisations to construct and operate a low-frequency radio array.

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Murdoch University

Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai.

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National Computational Infrastructure

The National Computational Infrastructure (also known as NCI or NCI Australia) is a high-performance computing and data services facility, located at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Pawsey Supercomputing Centre and National Computational Infrastructure are supercomputer sites.

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Perth

Perth (Boorloo) is the capital city of Western Australia.

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Postal code

A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail.

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ProLiant

ProLiant is a brand of server computers that was originally developed and marketed by Compaq, Hewlett-Packard (HP), and currently marketed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).

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Quokka

The quokka (Setonix brachyurus) is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat.

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Sandy Bridge

Sandy Bridge is the codename for Intel's 32 nm microarchitecture used in the second generation of the Intel Core processors (Core i7, i5, i3).

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Scientific visualization

Scientific visualization (also spelled scientific visualisation) is an interdisciplinary branch of science concerned with the visualization of scientific phenomena.

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Silicon Graphics

Silicon Graphics, Inc. (stylized as SiliconGraphics before 1999, later rebranded SGI, historically known as Silicon Graphics Computer Systems or SGCS) was an American high-performance computing manufacturer, producing computer hardware and software.

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Supercomputer

A supercomputer is a type of computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer.

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Technology Park Bentley

Technology Park Bentley is Australia’s second oldest technology park.

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Unincorporated entity

An unincorporated entity has not been granted formal corporate status by incorporation.

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University of Western Australia

The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of the Australian continent.

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Western Australian Regional Computing Centre

Western Australian Regional Computing Centre (WARCC) was part of the University of Western Australia, formed to provide computing services to the university, other universities in Western Australia, government departments, and to some private companies.

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Westmere (microarchitecture)

Westmere (formerly Nehalem-C) is the code name given to the 32 nm die shrink of Nehalem.

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See also

Education in Western Australia

• Anselm Bourke
• Beazley Medal
• Curriculum Council of Western Australia
• Department of Education (Western Australia)
• Department of Training and Workforce Development
• Education in Western Australia
• Fairbridge, Western Australia
• GDC Observatory
• General Achievement Test
• IVEC
• Kingsley Fairbridge
• List of WACE courses
• Minister for Education (Western Australia)
• Museums in Western Australia
• PLATO WA
• Pawsey Supercomputing Centre
• Perth Observatory
• Rural Clinical School of Western Australia
• School Curriculum and Standards Authority
• St John's Theological College, Perth
• Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia
• Tertiary Entrance Exam
• Tertiary Entrance Rank
• Tertiary Institutions Service Centre
• Trinity Theological College, Perth
• University of Notre Dame Australia
• Western Australian Certificate of Education
• Western Australian College of Teaching

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawsey_Supercomputing_Centre

Also known as Pawsey supercomputer centre.