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Tutorial on using R on and HPC cluster: Glossary

Key Points

Introduction
  • Learn about CPUs, cores, and cache, and comparing your own machine with an HPC cluster

The Command Line Interface
  • Learn the basic commands

Text editors in Linux
  • Learn the basic commands to use nano, emacs and vim

The Sieve of Eratosthenes
  • A literal translation of an algorithm ends up in a poorly efficient code.

  • Each language has its own way of doing things. Knowing how to adapt the algorithm to the language is the way to create efficient code.

Job Submission (Torque and Moab)
  • It is a good idea to keep aliases to common torque commands for easy execution.

Glossary

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