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PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) is a portable message-passing programming
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system, designed to link separate host machines to form a ``virtual
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machine'' which is a single, manageable computing resource.
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The virtual machine can be composed of hosts of varying types, in
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physically remote locations. PVM applications can be composed of any
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number of separate processes, or components, written in a mixture of C,
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C++ and Fortran. The system is portable to a wide variety of
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architectures, including workstations, multiprocessors, supercomputers and
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PCs.
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PVM is a byproduct of ongoing research at several institutions, and is
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made available to the public free of charge.
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