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1% % Main glossary entries -- definitions of relevant terminology
2% \newglossaryentry{computer}
3% {
4% name=computer,
5% description={A programmable machine that receives input data,
6%                stores and manipulates the data, and provides
7%                formatted output}
8% }
9
10% % Nomenclature glossary entries -- New definitions, or unusual terminology
11% \newglossary*{nomenclature}{Nomenclature}
12% \newglossaryentry{dingledorf}
13% {
14% type=nomenclature,
15% name=dingledorf,
16% description={A person of supposed average intelligence who makes incredibly brainless misjudgments}
17% }
18
19% % List of Abbreviations (abbreviations type is built in to the glossaries-extra package)
20% \newabbreviation{aaaaz}{AAAAZ}{American Association of Amateur Astronomers and Zoologists}
21
22% % List of Symbols
23% \newglossary*{symbols}{List of Symbols}
24% \newglossaryentry{rvec}
25% {
26% name={$\mathbf{v}$},
27% sort={label},
28% type=symbols,
29% description={Random vector: a location in n-dimensional Cartesian space, where each dimensional component is determined by a random process}
30% }
31
32% Examples from template above
33
34\newabbreviation{raii}{RAII}{\Newterm{resource acquisition is initialization}}
35\newabbreviation{rtti}{RTTI}{\Newterm{run-time type information}}
36\newabbreviation{fcfs}{FCFS}{\Newterm{first-come first-served}}
37\newabbreviation{lifo}{LIFO}{\Newterm{last-in first-out}}
38\newabbreviation{fifo}{FIFO}{\Newterm{first-in first-out}}
39\newabbreviation{toctou}{TOCTOU}{\Newterm{time-of-check to time-of-use}}
40\newabbreviation{cas}{CAS}{\Newterm{compare-and-set (swap)}}
41\newabbreviation{dwcas}{DWCAS}{\Newterm{double-wide (width) compare-and-set (swap)}}
42\newabbreviation{dcas}{DCAS}{\Newterm{double compare-and-set (swap)}}
43\newabbreviation{qpcas}{QPCAS}{\Newterm{queue pointer compare-and-set (swap)}}
44\newabbreviation{ll}{LL}{\Newterm{load linked}}
45\newabbreviation{sc}{SC}{\Newterm{store conditional}}
46
47\newglossaryentry{actor}{
48name=actor,
49description={A basic unit of an actor system that can store local state and send messages to other actors.}
50}
51
52\newglossaryentry{gulp}{
53name={gulp},
54first={\Newterm{gulp}},
55description={Move the contents of message queue to a local queue of the executor thread using a single atomic instruction.}
56}
57
58\newglossaryentry{impl_concurrency}{
59name=implicit concurrency,
60first={\Newterm{implicit concurrency}},
61description={A class of concurrency features that abstract away explicit thread synchronization and mutual exclusion.}
62}
63
64\newglossaryentry{actor_model}{
65name=actor model,
66first={\Newterm{actor model}},
67description={A concurrent computation model, where tasks are broken into units of work that are distributed to actors in the form of messages.}
68}
69
70\newglossaryentry{actor_system}{
71name=actor system,
72first={\Newterm{actor system}},
73description={An implementation of the actor model.}
74}
75
76\newglossaryentry{synch_multiplex}{
77name=synchronous multiplexing,
78first={\Newterm{synchronous multiplexing}},
79description={synchronization waiting for some subset of a set of resources.}
80}
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