adaptor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: adaptor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for adaptor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adaptor n device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible Synonym(s): adapter, adaptor
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Adaptor (Automatic DAta Parallelism TranslatOR) A source to source transformation tool that transforms {data parallel} programs written in {Fortran 77} with {array} extensions, parallel loops, and layout directives to parallel programs with explicit {message passing}. ADAPTOR generates {Fortran 77} host and node programs with message passing. The new generated source codes have to be compiled by the compiler of the parallel computer. Version 1.0 runs on {CM-5}, {iPCS/860}, {Meiko CS1}/CS2, {KSR 1}, {SGI}, {Alliant} or a network of {Sun}s or {RS/6000}s. {(ftp://ftp.gmd.de/gmd/adaptor/adp_1.0.tar.Z)}. [Connection with Thomas Brandes and GMD?] (1993-06-01)