Acronyms
| 1-D | One-dimensional |
| 2-D | Two-dimensional |
| 3-D | Three-dimensional |
| AM | Active Messages |
| API | Application programming interface |
| ATM | Asynchronous transfer mode |
| BFS | Breadth-first spanning tree |
| BMIN | Bidirectional multistage interconnection network |
| BNF | Burton normal form |
| BRCP | Base routing conformed path |
| BWS | Buffered wormhole switching |
| CAD | Computer-aided design |
| CIBU | Control input buffer |
| CMOS | Complementary metal oxide semiconductor |
| CMU | Carnegie Mellon University |
| CNF | Chaos normal form |
| COBU | Control output buffer |
| CPU | Central processing unit |
| CRC | Cyclic redundancy check |
| CSMA/CD | Carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection |
| CWG | Channel wait-for graph |
| DASH | Directory architecture for shared memory |
| DCM | Direct connect module |
| DCSH | Distributed Crossbar Switch Hypermesh |
| DEC | Digital Equipment Corporation |
| DIBU | Data input buffer |
| DMA | Direct memory access |
| DMIN | Dilated multistage interconnection network |
| DOBU | Data output buffer |
| DP | Duato’s protocol (Duato’s routing algorithm) |
| DR | Dimension reversal |
| DSM | Distributed shared-memory multiprocessor |
| DTB | Data translation buffer |
| ECL | Emitter-coupled logic |
| EMB | Exhaustive misrouting backtracking |
| EOH | End-of-header |
| EPB | Exhaustive profitable backtracking |
| FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| FIFO | First in, first out |
| FM | Fast Messages |
| GID | Group ID |
| HL | Hierarchical leader-based |
| HP | Hewlett-Packard |
| HPF | High Performance Fortran |
| IBM | International Business Machines |
| I/O | Input/output |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| ISI | Information Sciences Institute |
| KSR | Kendall Square Research |
| LAN | Local area network |
| LC | Link controller |
| LCU | Link control unit |
| LD | Label-based dual-path |
| LEN | Lan, Esfahanian, and Ni |
| MAGIC | Memory and general interconnect controller |
| MB-m | Misrouting backtracking protocol with m misroutes |
| MCM | Multichip module |
| MCP | Myrinet control program |
| MIMD | Multiple-instruction multiple-data |
| MIN | Multistage interconnection network |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| MPI | Message Passing Interface |
| MST | Minimal Steiner tree |
| MTBF | Mean time between failures |
| MTTR | Mean time to repair |
| NEC | Nippon Electric Company |
| NI | Network interface |
| NOW | Network of workstations |
| NP | Nonpolynomial |
| NPB | NAS Parallel Benchmarks |
| NUMA | Nonuniform memory access |
| OMC | Optimal multicast cycle |
| OMP | Optimal multicast path |
| OMT | Optimal multicast tree |
| PAR | Planar-adaptive routing |
| PC | Personal computer |
| PCI | Peripheral component interconnect |
| PCS | Pipelined circuit switching |
| PE | Processing element |
| PVM | Parallel virtual machine |
| RAID | Redundant arrays of inexpensive disks |
| RCU | Router control unit |
| RHS | Right-hand side |
| RMA | Remote memory access |
| RST | Rectilinear Steiner tree |
| SAF | Store-and-forward |
| SAN | System area network |
| SCHL | Source-centered hierarchical leader |
| SCI | Scalable coherent interface |
| SGI | Silicon Graphics Inc. |
| SHRIMP | Scalable high-performance really inexpensive multiprocessor |
| SIMD | Single-instruction multiple-data |
| SPASM | Simulator for parallel architectural scalability measurements |
| SPIDER | Scalable pipelined interconnect for distributed endpoint routing |
| SPMD | Single-program multiple-data |
| SPUmesh | Source partitioned U-mesh |
| SQHL | Source quadrant-based hierarchical leader |
| SWM | Shallow water modeling |
| TMC | Thinking Machines Corporation |
| TMIN | Traditional multistage interconnection network |
| TP | Two-phase routing algorithm |
| TPB-u | Two-phase backtracking |
| UMA | Uniform memory access |
| USC | University of Southern California |
| VC | Virtual channel or virtual channel controller |
| VCC | Virtual circuit caching |
| VCT | Virtual cut-through |
| VLSI | Very large-scale integration |
| VRAM | Video random-access memory |
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