jueves, 17 de mayo de 2012

Basic Concepts

Gateway 

A gateway is a link between two computer programs or systems such as Internet Forums. A gateway acts as a portal between two programs allowing them to share information by communicating between protocols on a computer or between dissimilar computers.

Reply 

A reply is respond by some action, performance in computing terms.

Gossip 

A gossip protocol is a style of computer-to-computer communication protocol inspired by the form of gossip seen in social networks. Modern distributed systems often use gossip protocols to solve problems that might be difficult to solve in other ways, either because the underlying network has an inconvenient structure, is extremely large, or because gossip solutions are the most efficient ones available.
Stress 

Refers to tests that determine the robustness of software by testing beyond the limits of normal operation, commonly put a greater emphasis on robustness, availability, and error handling under a heavy load, than on what would be considered correct behavior under normal circumstances.


Sources:

Gateway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_%28computer_program%29 
Reply
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reply
Gossip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_protocol
Stress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_testing_%28software%29

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