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The Sieve C++ Parallel Programming System is a C++ compiler and parallel runtime designed and released by Codeplay that aims to simplify the parallelization
Sieve C++ Parallel Programming System
Sieve_C++_Parallel_Programming_System
Programming language
Embedded systems control many devices in common use today. R++ — rule-based programming language developed by Bell Labs in the 1990s, based on C++. Sieve C++
Outline of the C++ programming language
Outline_of_the_C++_programming_language
Ancient algorithm for generating prime numbers
highly parallel CUDA segmented Sieve of Eratosthenes in C SieveOfEratosthenesInManyProgrammingLanguages c2 wiki page The Art of Prime Sieving Sieve of Eratosthenes
Sieve_of_Eratosthenes
Topics referred to by the same term
Sieve may also refer to: Sieve River in Italy Sieve (mail filtering language), a standard for specifying email filters Sieve C++ Parallel Programming
Sieve_(disambiguation)
Integer factorization algorithm
quadratic sieve algorithm (QS) is an integer factorization algorithm and, in practice, the second-fastest method known (after the general number field sieve).
Quadratic_sieve
Message-passing system for parallel computers
message-passing programs in C, C++, and Fortran. There are several open-source MPI implementations, which fostered the development of a parallel software industry
Message_Passing_Interface
Programming language
are general-purpose programming languages designed for multithreaded parallel computing. They are based on the C and C++ programming languages, which they
Cilk
Programming language
ALGOL 68C C (programming language) C++ Bourne shell Bash (Unix shell) Steelman language requirements Ada (programming language) Python (programming language)
ALGOL_68
Microprocessor with more than one processing unit
introduced a new abstraction for C++ parallelism called TBB. Other research efforts include the Codeplay Sieve System, Cray's Chapel, Sun's Fortress, and
Multi-core_processor
Set of large semiprimes
took a few days using the multiple-polynomial quadratic sieve algorithm on a MasPar parallel computer. The value and factorization of RSA-100 are as follows:
RSA_numbers
Suite of system components for Linux
distributions replacing systemd with other init systems like SysVinit or OpenRC. Lennart Poettering and Kay Sievers, the software engineers then working for
Systemd
Greek librarian, mathematician, geographer, and poet
article on the Library of Alexandria Eratosthenes' sieve in classic BASIC all-web based interactive programming environment International pedagogical project
Eratosthenes
Natural number
ISBN 0-387-90092-6. MR 0453532. Hext, Jan (1990). Programming Structures: Machines and programs. Vol. 1. Prentice Hall. p. 33. ISBN 9780724809400..
1
Features in Haskell programming language
haskell.org. O'Neill, Melissa E., "The Genuine Sieve of Eratosthenes", Journal of Functional Programming, Published online by Cambridge University Press
Haskell_features
Israeli air defense system
2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013. Postol, Theodore, Part 1: Iron Dome or Iron Sieve? Evidence Questions Effectiveness of U.S.-Funded Israeli Missile Shield
Iron_Dome
Sequence of operations for a task
Rhind Mathematical Papyrus c. 1550 BC. Algorithms were later used in ancient Hellenistic mathematics. Two examples are the Sieve of Eratosthenes, which was
Algorithm
Algorithm for computing greatest common divisors
has survived to the present day." — Donald Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 2: Seminumerical Algorithms, 2nd edition (1981), p. 318 Other applications
Euclidean_algorithm
Algorithm for integer factorization
second-fastest is the multiple polynomial quadratic sieve, and the fastest is the general number field sieve. The Lenstra elliptic-curve factorization is named
Lenstra elliptic-curve factorization
Lenstra_elliptic-curve_factorization
Largest integer that divides given integers
to parallelize it efficiently; nor is it known to be P-complete, which would imply that it is unlikely to be possible to efficiently parallelize GCD
Greatest_common_divisor
Fractal composed of triangles
The Sierpiński triangle, also called the Sierpiński gasket or Sierpiński sieve, is a fractal with the overall shape of an equilateral triangle, subdivided
Sierpiński_triangle
Subfield of convex optimization
Semidefinite programming (SDP) is a subfield of mathematical programming concerned with the optimization of a linear objective function (a user-specified
Semidefinite_programming
Used to count, measure, and label
greatest common divisor of two numbers. In 240 BC, Eratosthenes used the Sieve of Eratosthenes to quickly isolate prime numbers. But most further development
Number
Standardized performance evaluation
(discontinued) AnTuTu – commonly used on phones and ARM-based devices. Byte Sieve - originally tested language performance, but widely used as a machine benchmark
Benchmark_(computing)
Interface to device driver that appears in filesystem
Kevtronics. 2002-04-12. Retrieved 2014-05-16. IBM Operating System/2 Technical Reference - Programming Family (PDF). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). IBM. September 1987 [1986]
Device_file
Method for computing the relation of two integers with their greatest common divisor
algorithms in this article) uses parallel assignments. In a programming language which does not have this feature, the parallel assignments need to be simulated
Extended_Euclidean_algorithm
Facility for supporting saturation diving projects
are at least two scrubbers in parallel, so that they can be isolated, vented and repacked alternately while the system remains in operation. The gas then
Saturation_diving_system
British mathematician (1925–2015)
distribution. He was also known for his research on sums of powers, on the large sieve, on the Heilbronn triangle problem, and on square packing in a square. He
Klaus_Roth
16-bit microprocessor
was not more popular: Comparing assembly language versions of the Byte Sieve, one sees that the 5.5 MHz Z8000's 1.1 seconds is impressive when compared
Zilog_Z8000
Free Unix-like operating system kernel
NVIDIA releasing its drivers as closed. In April 2014, Torvalds banned Kay Sievers from submitting patches to the Linux kernel for failing to deal with bugs
Linux_kernel
Duplication of critical components to increase reliability of a system
Silver Bridge and the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River. Parallel and combined systems demonstrate different level of redundancy. The models are subject
Redundancy_(engineering)
Integer factorization algorithm
for only nine digit numbers and allows only 100 steps/keystrokes of programming. There are versions of the algorithm that use little memory and versions
Shanks's square forms factorization
Shanks's_square_forms_factorization
Interpreted programming language first released in 1987
borrow ideas from each other. Perl borrows features from other programming languages including C, sh, AWK, and sed. It provides text processing facilities
Perl
Ratio of inertial to viscous forces acting on a liquid
spherical grains. For grains in which measurement of each axis is impractical, sieve diameters are used instead as the characteristic particle length-scale.
Reynolds_number
Multi-stage initialisation process of operating system
including systemd, are background processes. Lennart Poettering and Kay Sievers, software engineers that initially developed systemd, sought to surpass
Booting_process_of_Linux
machine-independent programming languages which led to the development of COBOL, one of the first high-level programming languages. Written (programming) languages
List of inventions and discoveries by women
List_of_inventions_and_discoveries_by_women
hand-held metal detector Paul C. Fisher (1913–2006), U.S. – Space Pen Edith M. Flanigen (born 1929), U.S. – zeolite Y, molecular sieve Alexander Fleming (1881–1955)
List_of_inventors
Estimate of time taken for running an algorithm
classical algorithm for integer factorization, the general number field sieve, which runs in time about 2 O ( n 1 / 3 ( log n ) 2 / 3 ) {\displaystyle
Time_complexity
years later. Around the same time, Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276–194 BC) devised the Sieve of Eratosthenes for finding prime numbers. The 3rd century
History_of_mathematics
English broadcaster and natural historian (born 1926)
manager at the BBC, working as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. While his earlier work focused
David_Attenborough
connect local and global properties of geometric objects. Sheaf cohomology Sieve theory Single operator theory deals with the properties and classifications
Glossary of areas of mathematics
Glossary_of_areas_of_mathematics
Open source middleware system for volunteer and grid computing
(BOINC, pronounced /bɔɪŋk/ –rhymes with "oink") is an open-source middleware system for volunteer computing (a type of distributed computing). Developed originally
Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing
Berkeley_Open_Infrastructure_for_Network_Computing
Largest living species of fish
can process over 6,000 liters of water per hour through its specialized sieve-like gill pads. Highly migratory, the whale shark travels thousands of miles
Whale_shark
Numbers obtained by adding the two previous ones
field sieve to factorize a Fibonacci number. More generally, F k n + c = ∑ i = 0 k ( k i ) F c − i F n i F n + 1 k − i . {\displaystyle F_{kn+c}=\sum
Fibonacci_sequence
2012-02-05. "RSA Lattice Siever — News Archive". 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2012-02-05. "RSA Lattice Siever". 2012. Archived from
List of volunteer computing projects
List_of_volunteer_computing_projects
Form of carbon with an extremely high surface area
which will pass through a designated mesh sieve. The ASTM classifies particles passing through an 80-mesh sieve (0.177 mm) and smaller as PAC. It is not
Activated_carbon
List of German Schutzstaffel members
Encyclopedia of the Third Reich, (1989) p, 147. Bullock, Alan. Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives, (1998) p, 374. Office, United States Patent (1 January 1932). Official
List_of_SS_personnel
Electrical device that converts AC to DC
arm of the bridge may consist of tens or hundreds of separate devices in parallel (where very high current is needed, for example in aluminium smelting)
Rectifier
Classification of soil or sediment
deposited in pore space. ASTM American Standard of Testing Materials: 200 sieve – 0.005 mm. USDA United States Department of Agriculture 0.05–0.002 mm.
Silt
Portable apparatus to recycle breathing gas
In some rebreathers the oxygen cylinder has oxygen supply mechanisms in parallel. One is constant flow; the other is a manual on-off valve called a bypass
Rebreather
invent the first numeral system, and a system of weights and measures. c. 3100 BC – Egypt, the earliest known decimal system allows indefinite counting
Timeline_of_mathematics
Inherent difficulty of computational problems
best known algorithm for integer factorization is the general number field sieve, which takes time O ( e ( 64 9 3 ) ( log n ) 3 ( log log n ) 2 3 )
Computational complexity theory
Computational_complexity_theory
Indian inventions
algebraic variety.The name is in honour of the Indian mathematician C. S. Seshadri. Sieve of Sundaram, is a prime number generation algorithm that was developed
List of Indian inventions and discoveries
List_of_Indian_inventions_and_discoveries
checking. Certain programs such as NFS will only run on experimental version 9.**. The ppmpx36e version of the multi-polynomial quadratic sieve needs 8.8F and
UBASIC
Dependence of the state of a system on its history
Krogh, L.; Griffin, D. W.; Conner, W. C. (2005). "Hysteresis and Scanning Behavior of Mesoporous Molecular Sieves". Langmuir. 21 (8): 8214–8225. Bibcode:2005Langm
Hysteresis
Polish mathematician and physicist (1909–1984)
speed and programmability, these methods became more useful. In particular, many Monte Carlo calculations carried out on modern massively parallel supercomputers
Stanisław_Ulam
Hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes or the flow of water
Media. pp. 97–. ISBN 978-94-009-5986-6. F. J. Pettijohn; P. E. Potter; R. Siever (6 December 2012). Sand and Sandstone. Springer Science & Business Media
Dune
Larger of the two moons of Mars
would have been released in the orbit of Mars, and a soil-grinding and sieving system for the scientific payload of the Phobos lander. After achieving Earth
Phobos_(moon)
introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon. But see previously, Deutsche Post v Sievers (2000) C-270/97, 'the economic aim pursued by Article [157 TFEU] ..., namely
Law_of_the_European_Union
and the support platform belt slide belt slider Hardware item with two parallel slots which is fitted to harness or weightbelt webbing to prevent other
Glossary of underwater diving terminology: A–C
Glossary_of_underwater_diving_terminology:_A–C
binomial theorem in this context. 3rd century BC: Eratosthenes discovers the Sieve of Eratosthenes. 3rd century BC: Archimedes derives a formula for the volume
Timeline of scientific discoveries
Timeline_of_scientific_discoveries
Natural or synthetic fibers with diameters in the nanometer range
specialized collectors such as the rotating drum, metal frame, or a two-parallel plates system. Parameters such as jet stream movement and polymer concentration
Nanofiber
Class of chemical substance
by manganese(III) porphyrin-encapsulated Al, V, Si-mesoporous molecular sieves". Inorganica Chimica Acta. 352 (5): 1491–1500. doi:10.1016/j.ica.2008.07
Metal–organic_framework
Parvorder of mammal
porpoises), which use baleen plates (or "whalebone") in their mouths to sieve plankton from the water. Mysticeti comprises the families Balaenidae (right
Baleen_whale
Francesco; Rosso, Daniela Eugenia; Orange, François; Backwell, Lucinda; Sievers, Christine (14 August 2020). "Fire and grass-bedding construction 200 thousand
Timeline of historic inventions
Timeline_of_historic_inventions
Berthing mechanism used to connect ISS modules
earliest references to "common...berthing mechanisms". In parallel with the on-going system-level configuration studies, NASA anticipated that concept
Common_Berthing_Mechanism
Group of mountain ranges
comprising the Pacific Coast Belt, parallel the North American Pacific Coast, and comprise several mountain systems. Along the British Columbia and Alaska
North_American_Cordillera
Adages and sayings named after a person
"Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution." Sievers's law, in Indo-European linguistics, accounts for the pronunciation of a
List_of_eponymous_laws
NASA rover exploring Mars since 2012
preparation functions: a percussion drill; a brush; and mechanisms for scooping, sieving, and portioning samples of powdered rock and regolith. The diameter of
Curiosity_(rover)
Tabulated data to facilitate safe diving ascents
computer algorithms have been derived. The original C&R tables used a classic multiple independent parallel compartment model based on the work of John Scott
Decompression_tables
Container to supply high pressure gas for diving operations
contaminants using specialized filter media such as desiccants, molecular sieve or activated carbon. Traces of carbon monoxide may be catalyzed to carbon
Diving_cylinder
Microtechnology
Sieves, weirs, inertial confinement, and flow diversion devices are some approaches used in preparing blood plasma for cell-free analysis. Sieves can
Bio-MEMS
Optimization problem in computer science
directions in nearest neighbor searching with applications to lattice sieving." Proceedings of the twenty-seventh annual ACM-SIAM symposium on Discrete
Nearest_neighbor_search
Ballast carried to counteract buoyancy
A diving weighting system is ballast weight added to a diver or diving equipment to counteract excess buoyancy. They may be used by divers or on equipment
Diving_weighting_system
exchange between systems — High-level data link control (HDLC) procedures — Frame structure [Withdrawn: replaced by ISO/IEC 13239] ISO 3310 sieves — Technical
List of ISO standards 3000–4999
List_of_ISO_standards_3000–4999
8954-2:1990 Part 2: Sampling and sample preparation ISO 8954-3:1990 Part 3: Sieve analysis ISO 8957:1996 Information and documentation - Hebrew alphabet coded
List of ISO standards 8000–9999
List_of_ISO_standards_8000–9999
SSRI antidepressant
hdl:10983/15923. PMID 18374843. S2CID 29814976. Herpertz SC, Zanarini M, Schulz CS, Siever L, Lieb K, Möller HJ (2007). "World Federation of Societies of Biological
Sertraline
Determination of density between 5 degrees C and 40 degrees C ISO 706:2004 Rubber latex — Determination of coagulum content (sieve residue) ISO 707:2008 Milk and
List_of_ISO_standards_1–1999
Wireless technique of sending and receiving messages through water
digital multi-carrier modulation scheme. OFDM conveys data on several parallel data channels by incorporating closely spaced orthogonal sub-carrier signals
Underwater acoustic communication
Underwater_acoustic_communication
flexibility. Yet, even by its own admission, this monitoring effort is a leaky sieve, and it is estimated that between 10 and 30 percent of food aid is diverted
Human_rights_in_North_Korea
Sediment moved by the longshore current
of sediments (clay, silt, pebbles, sand, shingle, shells) along a coast parallel to the shoreline, which is dependent on the angle of incoming wave direction
Longshore_drift
Insoluble protein aggregate with a fibrillar morphology
PMC 1479801. PMID 15944695. Sawaya MR, Sambashivan S, Nelson R, Ivanova MI, Sievers SA, Apostol MI, et al. (May 2007). "Atomic structures of amyloid cross-β
Amyloid
Consolidating a motor task into memory through repetition
plasticity mechanism involving the cerebellar long-term depression (LTD) of the parallel fiber synapses onto Purkinje cells. These modifications in synapse activity
Muscle_memory
Personality construct
DR, Thompson JL, Xu X, Girgis RR, Ehrlich Y, Slifstein M, Abi-Dargham A, Siever LJ (November 2014). "Serotonin transporter availability in impulsive aggressive
Psychopathy
Return flow below nearshore water waves
swimmer can exit the rip current by swimming at right angles to the flow, parallel to the shore, or by simply treading water or floating until the rip releases
Undertow_(water_waves)
Greek-French composer, architect and engineer (1922–2001)
France: Le monde and Telerama. Ariza, Christopher (2005). "The Xenakis Sieve as Object: A New Model and a Complete Implementation". Computer Music Journal
Iannis_Xenakis
Personality disorder involving extreme asociality
28, 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-26. Triebwasser J, Chemerinski E, Roussos P, Siever LJ (December 2012). "Schizoid personality disorder". Journal of Personality
Schizoid_personality_disorder
Brewed beverage
longer than it has been graded by quality. Grading is generally done with sieves, numbered to indicate the size of the perforations. The degree of roast
Coffee
Italian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual (1922–1975)
well received. He was chief editor of a magazine called Il Setaccio ('The Sieve'), but was fired after conflicts with the director, who was aligned with
Pier_Paolo_Pasolini
Medical imaging technique
regularization in a wavelet or other domain), such as via Ulf Grenander's Sieve estimator or via Bayes penalty methods or via I.J. Good's roughness method
Positron_emission_tomography
Cylindrical container for storing pressurised gas
Compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel system components — Part 5: Manual cylinder valve US DOT CFR Title 49, part 178, Subpart C — Specification for Cylinders
Gas_cylinder
1974, ready for trials in 1978, and was fully operational in 1980. In parallel with designing and construction of URF, a new diving complex was built
Submarine Escape and Rescue system (Royal Swedish Navy)
Submarine_Escape_and_Rescue_system_(Royal_Swedish_Navy)
Series of waves generated by distant weather systems
= c {\displaystyle Ua(z=z_{h})=c} ) for a given wind speed, U a {\displaystyle Ua} . The assumptions of this mechanism are: 2-dimensional, parallel shear
Swell_(wave)
Simple radio receiver circuit for AM reception
the Radio Student and Practical Operator, 4th Ed. Loomis Publishing Co. Sievers, Maurice L. (1995). Crystal Clear: Vintage American Crystal Sets, Crystal
Crystal_radio
Kosovo paramilitary organization (1990s–1999)
ISBN 9789004210301. Di Lellio & Schwanders-Sievers 2006a, pp. 516–519, 527. Di Lellio & Schwanders-Sievers 2006b, pp. 27–45. NATO (9 June 1999). "Military
Kosovo_Liberation_Army
Pipeline that is laid on the seabed or below it inside a trench
assembled onshore and then towed to location. Assembly is done either parallel or perpendicular to the shoreline – in the former case, the full line can
Submarine_pipeline
German filmmaker (1902–2003)
anything human imagination has the power to conceive, achieving deeds without parallel in the history of mankind. How can we ever thank you?" She later explained
Leni_Riefenstahl
Effect by which surface waves entering shallower water change in wave height
for its surface to be affected by its bottom and where depth contours parallel the shore, a wave packet that does dissipate its energy by breaking will
Wave_shoaling
Polish special forces unit
twenty hostages, force-protection in Bagram and VIP security tasks. In parallel, from 2002 to 2003 GROM teams took part in maritime interdiction operations
GROM_Military_Unit
Type of back-mount scuba harness
are usually 11 inches apart. A variation on this design uses another two parallel bends to form a shallow trough down the back of the central channel, which
Backplate_and_wing
Management of honey bee colonies
eaten whole or crushed, along with the eggs, larvae, and honey they held. A sieve or basket was used to separate the liquid honey from the demolished brood
Beekeeping
SIEVE C-PARALLEL-PROGRAMMING-SYSTEM
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a sieve-maker, Middle English siviere (from an agent derivative of Old English sife ‘sieve’).
Boy/Male
Greek American English
Crown; victorious.
Male
Czechoslovakian
, fiery.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Jamaican, Swedish, Swiss
Wreath; Abbreviation of Steven and Stephen Often Used as an Independent Name; Crowned; A Garland
Male
English
Short form of English Steven, STEVE means "crown."
Girl/Female
Biblical
Parables, governing.
Girl/Female
Australian, Spanish
Snowy
Female
Spanish
Variant spelling of Spanish Nieves ("snows"), NIEVE means "snow."
Male
Dutch
, dear, beloved.
Female
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Sadhbh, SIVE means "sweet."
Girl/Female
Irish
Good.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a short form of Steven.French (Stève) : from the personal name Estève, an Old French vernacular form of Latin Stephanus (see Steven).
Male
Hungarian
Czech and Hungarian form of Latin Ignatius, possibly IGNÃC means "unknowing."
Male
Spanish
Spanish pet form of Italian/Spanish Severiano and Severino, both SEVE means "stern."
Male
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name ̇ȬC means "desire."
Male
Irish
Old Irish name MAEDÓC means "my dear Ãedh."
Male
Irish
Old Irish Gaelic name MAEL-MAEDÓC means "devotee of Maedóc."
Male
Czechoslovakian
, good-worker.
Biblical
parables; governing
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
All's Well That Ends Well.' A follower of Bertram, Count of Rousillon.
SIEVE C-PARALLEL-PROGRAMMING-SYSTEM
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Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
Various names for Arthur's sword.
Girl/Female
Arabic
Exalted; Highest Social Standing
Girl/Female
Muslim
Excellent and smart
Boy/Male
Muslim
Beauty, Decoration, Decorum
Boy/Male
Latin American Italian Spanish
blessed. From benedictus meaning blessed. Famous bearers: 6th-century Italian saint Benedict of...
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Bright
Boy/Male
English Scottish
Abbreviation of names beginning with 'Ken-'.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Beautiful
Biblical
men of anger, or of fury, or of liberty
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v. t.
To produce or adduce as a parallel.
adv.
In a parallel manner; with parallelism.
v. t.
To represent by parable.
n.
A sieve.
n.
A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.
n.
A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines (thus, ) used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
v. i.
To be parallel; to correspond; to be like.
v. t.
To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something else.
a.
Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
a.
Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass.
n.
A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.
imp. & p. p.
of Parallel
a.
Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage.
n.
One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude; also, the corresponding line on a globe or map.
n.
A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.
n.
A fine sieve.
n.
One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.