To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.
To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.
A group of expandable patterns on sprue and runners for casting purposes.
A group of objects gathered closely together.
Commercial definition: A collection of potentially distinct computers that are tightly coupled and share an address space. An example would be several SHV systems connected through SCI. Academic definition: Any collection of distinct computers that are connected and used as a parallel computer. Examples include Ethernet-connected workstation networks and rack-mounted workstations dedicated to parallel computing. See workstation farm and distributed computer.
A group of computers that work together to provide services. Example: Homer is a cluster of computers that provide email, file and print services.
A group of disk sectors. The operating system assigns a unique number to each cluster and then keeps track of files according to which clusters they use. Occasionally, the operating system marks a cluster as being used even though it is not assigned to any file. This is called a lost cluster. You can free up disk space by reassigning lost clusters, but you should first make sure that the clusters do not, in fact, contain valuable data. In DOS and Windows, you can find lost clusters with the Scandisk utility. DOS and Windows keep track of clusters with the File Allocation Table (FAT). The size of each cluster depends on the disk's partition size.
Group of compounds which are related by structural or behavioral properties. Organizing a set of compounds into clusters is often used in assessing the diversity of those compounds, or in developing SAR (structure-activity relationship) models.
Data is stored on disk in clusters. A cluster may be composed of one or more sectors and is the smallest unit of disk space for data storage.
The smallest unit of storage available for files.
The smallest unit of disk space that can be allocated to a file in a FAT file system. The size of a cluster is determined by the type of partition on which a file is located and the size of that partition. See: FAT file system, cluster size, partition size.
(1) A group of processors interconnected through a high speed network that can be used for high performance computing. (2) A group of jobs submitted from the same job command file. (3)A set of machines with something in common between them. This commonality could be that they are all backed up by one machine or they are all in the LoadLeveler administration file.
All meeting participants taken together
Grouping of peoples within each affinity bloc which are closely related peoples and, for strategic purposes, may be clustered together. These relationships are often based on a common identity of language and name, but sometimes on the basis of culture, religion, economy, or dominance of one group over another.
a grouping of congregational, intercongregational, and special units within the territory of a synodical women's organization; called conference in some synodical women's organizations
A group of sectors on a hard disk drive that is addressed as one logical unit by the operating system. It is also the smallest contiguous area that can be allocated for the storage of data even if the actual data require less storage.
(1) Enclosed lights used to illuminate the top of film and stage sets. (2) Group of speakers mounted in auditoriums, arenas, and theaters.
The allocation unit used by the filesystem (the "quantum" of data read from or written to the filesystem, similar to sector on the disk). Each file on the filesystem occupies zero or an integral number of clusters (with a few exceptions). Cluster size is an integer multiple of the sector size. Disk ( or Drive, Physical Disk, Physical Drive) - physical device used to store data, typical example being an "IBM/Hitachi Deskstar hard drive". Other media types like Iomega ZIP disks, flash memory cards, flash USB drives and so on are also referred to as "disks" for the sake of simplicity. The same term can sometimes be applied to RAID arrays as a whole (like this: Array #1 on a Promise controller) and to the individual drives in RAID array.
the smallest section of disk space that can be accessed by programs, depending on the filing system used this will consist of one or more sectors.
Set of computer systems that are connected together through multisystem hardware or software to provide services traditionally provided by a single system. This arrangement provides higher availability and better scalability of the system.
The smallest unit of hard disk space that DOS can allocate to a file, consisting of one or more contiguous sectors. The number of sectors contained in a cluster depends on the hard disk type.
The grouping of similar objects in a multidimensional space. Clustering is used for constructing new features which are abstractions of the existing features of those objects. The quality of the clustering depends crucially on the distance metric in the space. In bioinformatics, clustering is performed on sequences, high-throughput expression and other experimental data. Clusters of partial or complete gene sequences can be used to identify the complete (contiguous) sequence and to better identify its function. Clustering expression data enables the researcher to discern patterns of co-regulation in groups of genes.
Group of stars numbering from a few to hundreds of thousands of stars. Galactic clusters, sometimes called open clusters, contain up to a few hundred members and occur rather close to the plane of the Galaxy. Globular clusters contain tens of thousands of stars distributed about their center in a spherical manner and are found far from the plane of the Galaxy as well as in it toward the center of the Galaxy.
A tightly-coupled group of computers interconnected to provide high levels of availability and scaling. Sun's clustering solution is the SunPlex (see also "SunPlex"), comprised of Sun servers, Solaris OE, and Sun Cluster 3.0.
A group of Fielding students living geographically close enough to make group meetings feasible at least every other month. Provides members opportunities for intellectual and professional development, as well as peer support.
A cluster is defined as a group of cells that use all of the available frequencies allocated to the network operator.
A group of several servers that share work and may be able to back each other up if one server fails is considered clustered.
1. Also called an ‘allocation unit', it is a number of disk sectors that are treated as a unit. This is the smallest unit of storage the operating system can manage. 2. Two or more systems working together. Refer to ‘Clustering'.
Any grouping or close arrangement of individual flowers that is not dense and continuous
a set of track sectors which is the minimum space used by a read or write.
These are allocation units for data, and are multiples of the sector size. A file, no matter how small it is has to use at least one cluster, and all unused space in that cluster is wasted space. If a file is more than one cluster in size, it will use more than one cluster.
A Cluster consists of 5 Binaries, Trinaries, Novas or SuperNovas and is commanded by a Star Colonel. A Cluster varies in size depending upon the type of units it consists of. Clusters are usually made up of mixed units such as mechs, infantry and air support. Except for Clan Hell's Horses, vehicles are generally viewed as inferior to Mechs and are piloted by freeborn units and serve in secondline solahma or garrison units. Frontline Clusters usually consist of OmniMechs, Elementals and OmniFighters. Secondline Clusters usually consist of BattleMechs, Vehicles and Standard Infantry.
A group of computers linked together sharing resources. Normally applied to VAX or AXP systems when they are then called VMSclusters (or VAXclusters). The benefit of clusters is that they can share the load on multiple nodes while allowing users to share the filestore and services. This means, whatever machine you log-in to you see the same filestore and devices. Return
This is the unit of disk storage used by the operating system. A cluster consists of one or several logical disk sectors, located sequentially. The length of a cluster on floppy disks is usually 1 or 2 sectors, on hard disks it is generally 4 or 8.
This refers to a number of different implementations of shared computing resources. Typically, a cluster integrates the resources of two or more computing devices (that could otherwise function separately) together for a common purpose.
A "cluster" is a group of schools, normally geographically close together, and is subject to an initial projection of pupil numbers.
Several speakers mounted together to provide proper sound coverage to a room.
a group of fused body thetans.
(1) A group of Career Kokua occupations which share a common, fairly specific function such as providing health services or administering an organization. Occupations within a cluster share a substantial core of skills and are frequently interrelated by production process or work environment. (2) As defined by the US DOE Career Clusters project, are 16 groupings of occupations and broad industries based on commonalities.
a group of many nearly identical computers, with the same operating system, user accounts, with shared disks and interconnected with high-speed network. Together with a load sharing system like PBS they can be treated like one computer, but the nodes do not share memory. When compared to SMP machines, clusters are cheaper.
A grouping of LED's that act as a single pixel.
The basic unit of storage on a floppy or hard disk; a cluster includes two or more sectors.
A number of similar things, e.g. bracts or spikelets, grouped together.
A cluster is made up of one or more sectors and is the smallest allocation unit that your computer can write to a disk. Cluster size (number of sectors/cluster) depends on type and size of your hard drive and the Operating System that you are using. If you write a very small file, it is still going to take up a full cluster on your hard drive. If your file is large then it will be written to a group of clusters that are linked together to form a cluster chain.
a grouping of large companies, small and medium-sized enterprises and universities or large public research institutions operating in a particular sector and region – designed to stimulate innovative activity by promoting intensive interactions
1. n. A station that consists of a control unit (a cluster controller) and the terminals attached to it. 2. n. A group of APPN nodes that have the same network ID and the same topology database. A cluster is a subset of a NETID subnetwork. 3. n. In high-availability cluster multiprocessing (HACMP), a set of independent systems (called nodes) that are organized into a network for the purpose of sharing resources and communicating with each other.
Clustering is an up-and-coming technology using two or more computers that function together as a single entity for fault tolerance and load balancing. This increases reliability and up-time in a client/server environment. One computer will sense when another computer is failing or getting bogged down and will take over its tasks.
the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file, typically 4096 bytes
a physical grouping of stars or galaxies bound either temporarily or permanently by gravity.
a group of items, often formed because the similarity among them is high relative to the similarity of them with other items in different clusters, sometimes characterized by a cluster centroid (representative, either a member or a constructed item, often the group average)
The minimum production unit formed by 60 houses built together.
A set of host machines (nodes) that shares a set of disks.
A set of one or more nodes, connected by a network, that are provided boot services by a cluster server.
A set of hosts (each termed a node) that share a set of disks.
A group of workstations connected via a LAN. One computer, the cluster server, performs as a server to the cluster. It provides file access, login access, file transfer, printing and other services across the network to the cluster nodes.
A network of computers in which only one computer has file-system disk drives attached to it.
A way of dividing all households in the country into one of about 40 different categories – often called Lifestyle groups – for Segmentation purposes.
The smallest linguistic unit that can be shaped. In languages such as Arabic and many of the Indic languages, the glyphs used to represent each character (hence, each Unicode code point) depend strongly on the surrounding context. In these languages, code points can be turned into appropriate glyphs only by looking at other code points around them: the ''cluster'' of which they are part. In some languages, such as Devanagari, the order of glyphs within a cluster can differ from the order of the corresponding Unicode code points. See Windows Glyph Processing on the Microsoft typography site for further details.
A group of computers that together form a larger logical machine. Oracle clusters computers with the Oracle Parallel Server option.
A set of independent tables with a common column stored together. A cluster can improve performance by reducing I/Os and by preloading related data into the SGA before it is needed.
A set of notes sounded togheter that do not form any standard chord - especially a set of notes close together on the piano
Cluster is a subclass of Geom which provides a small and fast representation of a hierarchy of Geoms and Groups. See also: ClusterInstance class
A group of search terms with specific attributes.
Your hard disk is split evenly into small sections called clusters. Each cluster has a number so that your computer knows where each files, or part of a file, is stored on your hard disk.
A cluster is defined as an allocation unit. At least one cluster is allocated to each file, regardless of the file's size, that is stored in the DOS environment. The cluster size increases with the partition size determined during formatting. With a 1024 MB partition, the cluster size is 32 KB. Each file stored consumes 32 KB of storage space, no matter how small the file. Create multiple, smaller partitions to avoid wasting space on small files. (This definition applies to FAT16).
an aggregation of instructional programs that are considered together because of similarities, applications, and associative sets.
A group of the same or similar elements.
close group of similar plants parts, usually flowers or/and fruits. Flowers of Mucuna pruriens are in clusters.
A number of similar items (points) grouped closely together on a graph.
A group of related careers. Nearly all careers fall into one of a small number of clusters. Examples are business and marketing, engineering- and science-related occupations, and health occupations.
Group of connected switches managed by a network management protocol as a single entity.The switches can be in the same location, or they can be distributed across a contiguous network. All communication with cluster switches is through one IP address.
Cisco CallManager cluster. A logical grouping of several Cisco CallManager servers.
A spatial grouping of geographic entities on a map. When there are clustered on a map, there is usually some phenomenon causing a relationship among them (such as incidents of disease, crime, pollution, etc.).
A close group of typically similar things, often surrounding something as a central figure; project clusters are a defined group of RTD projects benefiting from synergies - to maximise added value within a given field and establish a critical mass of resources at the European level.
The part of a track on a disk that crosses a fixed number of contiguous sectors; it is the smallest addressable area of a disk.
A double-star type maneuver wherein the jumpers comprising the outer ring(s) hook up between the legs of 2 differing jumpers
A group of contiguous sectors on a disk; a sector is the smallest unit of allocation for files on the disk.
A group of schools, typically in the same area, that work together and usually share funds, teachers and special education specialists to support their students.
a group of client workstations, usually close together, that connect off the same subnet.
Large group of flowers or fruits on a plant. Some plants have many flowers growing close together in a cluster. Clusters may be long or ball-shaped. Later, fruits replace the flowers.
The geographic grouping of schools based on feeder patterns. There are ten clusters, each containing one High School, and the Middle and Elementary schools that feed it.
A method of grouping projects within a JISC development programme, by topic, themes, or regionally. Projects within a cluster will have much in common and meet to exchange information and develop shared approaches to common issues.
General Education is divided into five learning areas, or Clusters. Each Cluster offers students groups of courses (packages) that satisfy the learning objectives for that Cluster.
Data stored on a disk is spread across a number of clusters, small physical areas on the disk. How big they are depends on the way the disk is formatted - generally a few kilobytes each.
In a computer system, a cluster is a group of servers and other resources that act like a single system.
A networked group of worker nodes (plus head node, if applicable) at a site. In the GLUE schema, a cluster is a container that groups together subclusters, or computer nodes. A cluster may be referenced by more then one computing element (CE).
Cluster is a basic allocation unit on a hard drive. It is a group of contiguous sectors. The cluster size (number of sectors per cluster) varies with the storage media and is fixed at time of format. At least one cluster is allocated to each file, regardless of the file's size, that is stored in the DOS environment.
Or Clustering is to group of similar things and to collect into a cluster.
Smallest unit of disk space that stores data, consisting of two to eight sectors. Also called an allocation unit. 7.8
gravitationally bound group of stars, presumably formed from fragmentation of a single gas cloud and therefore all of the same age and initial chemical composition globular very large (105 stars), spherical, very old, low to very low heavy element content, located away from the galactic plane and forming part of the galactic halo; typical Population II objects. open or galactic irregularly shaped, typically containing a few hundred stars, wide range of ages, moderate to high heavy element content, confined to galactic plane; typical of Population I.
A group of servers that are used for the same purpose and are identified by a single hostname.
Any combination of object balls that are close together or even touching.
A collection of interconnected usable whole computers that is used as a single computing resource. Hardware clusters provide high availability and scalability.
An aggregation of cases of a disease or other health-related condition, particularly cancer and birth defects, which are closely grouped in time and place. The number of cases may or may not exceed the expected number; frequently the expected number is not known.
A collection of high-performance, interconnected computer servers working together as a single processing resource in an application environment to provide scalable, high availability to both users and applications.
A database object used to store tables that are related to one another and that are often joined together in the same area on disk.
Dense agglomeration of crystals.
(1) Grouping several commercials together during one break. (2) In statistical terms, a group of a statistical population. Alternately, a cluster can be the classification of demographically similar geographic areas into one or more homogeneous groups. Each group represents distinctive lifestyles patterns and offers a basis for segmenting the market.
A group of independent computer systems known as nodes or hosts, that work together as a single system to ensure that mission-critical applications and resources remain available to clients. A server cluster is the type of cluster that the Cluster service implements. Network Load Balancing provides a software solution for clustering multiple computers running Windows 2000 Server that provides networked services over the Internet and private intranets. In file systems a cluster is the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file. All file systems used by Windows 2000 organize hard disks based on clusters, also called allocation units. The smaller the cluster size, the more efficiently a disk stores information. If no cluster size is specified during formatting, Windows 2000 picks defaults based on the size of the volume and the file system used. These defaults are selected to reduce the amount of space lost and the amount of fragmentation on the volume.
Windows allocates space to files in units called clusters. Each cluster contains from 1 to 64 sectors, depending on the type and size of the disk. A cluster is the smallest unit of disk space that can be allocated for use by files.
A group of processors interconnected through a high speed network that can be used for high-performance computing. It typically provides excellent price/performance.
In Windows it is the smallest grouping of clusters, which the operating system to write to directly. Generally each cluster has a unique number, which is assigned by the operating system.
The hard disk drive configured with FAT that is managed based on a fixed-length memory area. Therefore, when a file with size smaller than a cluster is stored, it takes up the memory area for one cluster. When a file with size larger than one cluster is stored, it uses the memory areas of the hard disk in units of clusters.
A cluster is a group of synergistic and technically related projects. Project clusters are a defined group of RTD projects benefiting from synergies - to maximise European added value within a given field and establish a critical mass of resources at the European level.(DE:Bündel, FR:Grappe de projets, IT:Cluster)
cluster is the set of systems (nodes) configured to work together as a single computing resource. A cluster is identified by a simple name and a cluster ID. A cluster running multiple operating systems is known as a multiOS cluster . There is only one cluster that may be formed from a given pool of nodes. Disks or logical units (LUNs) are assigned to clusters by recording the name of the cluster on the disk (or LUN). Thus, if any disk is accessible (via a Fibre Channel connection) from machines in multiple clusters, then those clusters must have unique names. When members of a cluster send messages to each other, they identify their cluster via the cluster ID. Cluster names must be unique. Because of the above restrictions on cluster names and cluster IDs, and because cluster names and cluster IDs cannot be changed once the cluster is created (without deleting the cluster and recreating it), SGI advises that you choose unique names and cluster IDs for each of the clusters within your organization.
A node network in which one node, designated the "master node", is responsible for on-line registration (via the web client) and network management.
A set of computers that work together to provide a service. The use of a cluster enhances both the availability and scalability of the service. Network Load Balancing provides a software solution for clustering multiple computers running networked client/server applications.
A group of stars that are close together.
is a geographical subdivision of the risk management zone (RMZ) with source-pathway-receptor sequences that can be grouped together to one unit for which jointly: 1) risks can be quantified and, 2) risk management scenarios can be developed. Risk clusters form the units on which the megasite risk management plan will be based. Cluster s a manageable unit that addresses risks at the megasite scale and is the block on which the risk-based approach for the megasite is to be built.
A set of Personal Computers linked together by a high-bandwidth network, and performing computations in an organised and synchronized fashion. Clustering is especially interesting for distributed rendering (visual or otherwise), to manage multiple-screens virtual environments.
An unusual aggregation of adverse health events (e.g. childhood leukaemias, birth defects, youth suicides, drug overdoses) that are grouped together in time and space.
A cluster is the smallest linguistic unit that can be shaped. In languages such as Arabic and many of the Indic languages, the glyphs used to represent each character (Unicode code point) depend strongly on the surrounding code points, which constitute the cluster. In these languages, applications can translate code points into appropriate glyphs only by looking at the cluster. In some scripts, such as Devanagari, the order of glyphs within a cluster can differ from the order of the corresponding Unicode code points. For more information, see Windows Glyph Processing on the Microsoft typography site.
A specified number of sectors grouped together by the FORMAT command. The number is determined by the size of the logical drive. A cluster is the smallest storage unit for storing files.
A cluster is defined as an allocation unit. It is a group of sectors. Most file systems group sectors together and handle the group as one unit. The cluster size (number of sectors per cluster) varies with the storage media and is fixed at time of format. At least one cluster is allocated to each file, regardless of the file's size, that is stored in the DOS environment.
This is a group of capabilities, skills, or behaviours, organized for the purpose of simplification. An example might be a technical cluster under which various behaviours describe the cluster for a job or group of jobs. Another term for cluster is "theme". Cluster can also refer to a group of jobs connected by a common knowledge base or by organizational structure.
A group of computers connected over a network that run software that allows them to work on individual pieces of one greater task. Grouping server/computers together to gain fault tolerance and increased speed. SCW consulting has experience with many types of clustering on the Microsoft server 2000 and 2003 platform. Our consultants have deployed Network load balance and server clustering in a wide range of industries to increase availability and bust productivity.
On Files--11 media, a logical grouping of blocks; the basic unit by which disk space is allocated. See also OpenVMS Cluster system.
The smallest unit of data storage on a hard drive containing sectors.
A collection of nodes in a high availability system. A cluster for the Adaptive Server high availability system consists of two nodes.
Search results grouped together (to save space on the SERP ), usually based on a shared top-level domain .
A setting of stones grouped together.
this is a physical section of a storage disk that includes one or more adjacent sectors.
A contiguous group of sectors on a disk: the smallest unit of disk storage that DOS can manipulate.
To place small groups of students together for instruction, especially GATE student.
A cluster is a group of separate computers that are connected together and are used as a single computing entity to provide a service or run an application for the purposes of scalability, load balancing, and distribution of tasks.
Clusters are an optional method of storing table data. Clusters are groups of one or more tables physically stored together because they share common columns and are often used together. Because related rows are physically stored together, disk access time improves.
Several smaller stones are set close together - sometimes even surrounding a larger center stone - to create the illusion of one big stone. Most commonly used in fashion items such as rings, earrings and pendants.
A set of related information and services brought together from across organizational boundaries into a grouping that makes sense to citizens and clients.
is a set of execution "servers" or hosts on which a single batch server manages batch jobs. A cluster may be made up of a set of workstations, multiple cpu systems, or a set of nodes in a parallel system.
A group of pavers forming a single layer that is grabbed, held, and placed by a paver-laying machine typically on a sand bedding course.
A means of storing data together from multiple tables, when the data in those tables contains common information accessed concurrently.
A group of stations in the same market under common ownership or sales management.
A grouping of LEDs that act as a single pixel.
A cluster is a group of stars or galaxies. Our own galactic cluster, the Local Group, is about 5 million light-years across and contains about 30 galaxies (the largest of which are the Andromeda galaxy, Triangulum, and our Milky Way). The next-closest cluster is the Virgo Cluster, which is about 60 million light-years from Earth.
A setting in which stones are grouped together.
A group of remote `slave' administration servers added to and controlled by a `master' andministration server. All servers in a cluster must be of the same platform and have the same userid and password.
A collection of nodes that appears to be a single-server system, allowing for greater application availability and scalability than would be possible with a single system.
Group of computers linked together with an interconnect and software that functions collectively as a parallel machine.
In Network Registrar, a group of DNS, DHCP, and TFTP servers that share the same database.
A group of network devices that function as a single device.
A group of organisations in related industries that are linked together because they buy or sell from each other, and/or because they use the same infrastructure, customers or skills base.
A collection of one or more cluster node coupled to each other by networks or other similar interconnections. A cluster is identified by a simple name; this name must be unique within the pool. A particular node may be a member of only one cluster.
a large group of bees hanging together, one upon another.
A hard-disk term that refers to a group of sectors, the smallest storage unit recognized by DOS. On most modern hard disks, four 512-byte sectors make up a cluster, and one or more clusters make up a track.
This is a logical disk partitioning unit. A Cluster consists of one or several logical disk sectors, sequentially located. The Length of the cluster on floppy-disks usually equals to 1 or 2, on hard disk - 4 or 8.
Group of processors interconnected by a high-speed network (typically dedicated) for increased reliability and scalability.
Development: A cluster design is defined as the grouping of building units on smaller lots within a portion or portions of the site, with the intention of retaining a significant area of the land as a contiguous tract of unbuilt open land. Clustering is both visual and spatial with the dwellings scaled and sited to maintain coherent relationships to each other and the surrounding landscape. The open space accounts for the overall lower density of the site and may serve to preserve environmentally sensitive areas while catering to active or passive recreational uses and fostering the rural character by promoting agricultural, forestal, or other rural economy uses.
A group of sectors on a disk. DOS allocates disk space to files in clusters.
a group of things that are alike
The basic allocation unit for storage on a disk, consisting of one or more sectors. The number of sectors that make up one cluster depends on the type and size of the media. The minimum amount of disk space used by a single file is one cluster. Even if the file physically occupies only part of a cluster, the entire cluster is allocated to the file and marked as used space.
Is when several servers are interconnected to balance a load on a network. Processes a delegated to CPUs on spearate servers and they work together as one larger system.
Multiple stones grouped together in a jewelry setting. This type of setting is used for cluster rings, cluster pendants and cluster earrings.
A grouping of the same types of astronomical objects. For example, stars in the Milky Way can group together into open clusters or globular clusters. Galaxies also group together into cluster of galaxies, and the clusters of galaxies group together into superclusters of galaxies.
Two or more PGP Universal Servers working together in an organization where users, keys, managed domains, and policies are synchronized between Primary and one or more Secondary servers. Clustering provides security, scalability, and reliability for the servers in the cluster.
A loosely coupled group of servers (cluster member systems) that share data for the purposes of high availability. Some cluster products utilize a high-performance interconnect for fast and dependable communication.
Flowers or fruits grouped together.
In epidemiology, an aggregation of cases of a disease or another health-related condition, such as a cancer or birth defect, closely grouped in time and place. The number of cases in the cluster may or may not exceed the expected number. This is determined by cluster analysis, a set of statistical methods used to analyze clusters.
A group of servers that together act as a single system, enabling load balancing and high availability. Clustering can be housed in the same physical location (basic cluster) or can be distributed across multiple sites ( geo-dispersed clusters) for disaster recovery.
A group of clones related to one another by sequence homology. Each cluster has a unique Cluster ID number for a given stringency.
In many circumstances there is a natural way to define the distance between two feature vectors in a learning set. In this case, feature vectors may be grouped into clusters with the property that every point in a cluster is closer to the other points in the cluster then it is to points in other clusters. There are many algorithms to group feature vectors into clusters; each algorithm has advantages and disadvantages.
A group of individuals sharing some characteristics in common. For example, a cluster can be defined by including those individuals with an income range between $40,000-$60,000, who own a home, live in a city, are married with children, and have attended college.
In data storage, the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file. All file systems used by Windows organize hard disks based on clusters, which consist of one or more contiguous sectors. The smaller the cluster size, the more efficiently a disk stores information. If no cluster size is specified during formatting, Windows picks defaults based on the size of the volume. These defaults are selected to reduce the amount of space that is lost and the amount of fragmentation on the volume. A cluster is also called an allocation unit. In computer networking, a group of independent computers that work together to provide a common set of services and present a single-system image to clients. The use of a cluster enhances the availability of the services and the scalability and manageability of the operating system that provides the services. See also: availability; client; file system; scalability; volume
A group of ports on a host module or other networking device, indivisible in terms of segment assignment and used to facilitate segment and ring management. A cluster can consist of just one port on a host module, a few ports, or all the ports on a module.
Two or more terminals connected to a single point or node.
cluster is an oracle object that allows one to store related rows from different tables in the same data block. Table clustering is very seldomly used by Oracle DBA's and Developers. Two or more computers that share resources and work together to form a larger logical computing unit. RAC and Oracle Parallel Server can be used to access Oracle from multiple nodes of a clustered system.
Data that are grouped together.
In BGP, a set of routers that have been grouped together. A cluster consists of one system that acts as a route reflector, along with any number of client peers. The client peers receive their route information only from the route reflector system. Routers in a cluster do not need to be fully meshed.
Homogeneous group of patterns that are very similar to one another as determined by the distance between patterns or by their density.
A cluster is a group of stars whose members are genuinely associated. A cluster of stars is formed from the same gas/dust cloud. There are two main types: open and globular.
The group of homes passed by a single fiber node.
Grouping of things of the same sort.
Cluster is a German krautrock musical group whose output prefigures ambient music.
In certain filesystem types like the File Allocation Table (FAT) filesystem of MS-DOS or the NTFS filesystem of Windows NT, a cluster is the unit of disk space allocation for files and directories. In order to reduce the overhead of managing on-disk data structures, the filesystem does not allocate individual disk sectors, but contiguous groups of sectors, called clusters.