Names, Terms, and Acronyms
This is a glossary of names, terms, acronyms used throughout this site.
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Research Data ManagementResearch data management is part of DRI that helps enable researchers to find and access data. | |
Research SoftwareResearch software is part of DRI that helps enable researchers to access and use data. | |
niagara.computecanada.caNiagara is a compute cluster located at the University of Toronto in
Ontario and is one of the national systems. Its login nodes can be
accessed via SSH by connecting to niagara.computecanada.ca. See https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Niagara for more information. | |
narval.computecanada.caNarval is a compute cluster
located at l'École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec
and is one of the national systems. Its login nodes can be
accessed via SSH by connecting to narval.computecanada.ca. See https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Narval for more information. | |
cloud computingCloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system, storage, and networking resources and services in a way that does not necessarily always require the active management by a person. Typically a cloud will provide the ability to create one or more virtual machines located within a virtual network with appropriate amounts of disk space. Each virtual machine may or may not be mapped to an externally accessible Internet address. (If not, then such machines must be accessed through the cloud management interface.) NOTE: Access to our clusters' clouds is via OpenStack web interfaces, however, before one can log in and use such, one must request access. See: https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Cloud for more details. | |
East CloudEast Cloud is a cloud managed by Calcul Québec, located at the Université de Sherbrooke, and is a national system. See https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Cloud for more information. | |
Digital Research Alliance of CanadaThe Digital Research Alliance of Canada is a national entity representing at the
federal level its regional partners' and members' Canadian researchers
to enable and support their world-class research involving RDM, RS, and ARC needs. It is comprised of these provincial-level
organizations: ACENET, Calcul Québec, Compute Ontario, Prairies DRI Group, and the BC DRI Group. The Digital Research Alliance of Canada was formerly Compute Canada Federation. URL: https://www.alliancecan.ca/ | |
cedar.computecanada.caCedar is a compute cluster located at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, or, and is one of the national systems. Its login nodes can be accessed via SSH by connecting to cedar.computecanada.ca. See https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Cedar for more information. NOTE: Depending on context, "cedar" might be intended to refer to Cedar Cloud. | |
Cedar CloudCedar cloud is managed by BC DRI Group, located at Simon Fraser University, and is a national system. See https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Cloud for more information. | |
beluga.computecanada.caBéluga is a compute cluster located at l'École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec and is one of the national systems. Its login nodes can be
accessed via SSH by connecting to beluga.computecanada.ca. See https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Beluga for more information. | |