=====hpc1 Keyword 1===== SPARC ====Definition==== SPARC , a registered trademark of sun microsystems, is a ==S==calable ==P==rocessor ==Arc==hitecture set after the RISC instruction set. The "Scalable" in SPARC comes from the ability to scale from embedded processors up through large server processors, all sharing the same core. ====References==== List any sites, books, or sources utilized when researching information on this topic. (Remove any filler text). Wiki-shmedia =====hpc1 Keyword 1 Phase 2===== X11 ====Definition==== A graphical interface used for basic interactions with a user, mostly used in a unix os. ====References==== * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System ====Demonstration==== A good example of X11 would be the xorg.conf file used by nearly every computer with a X server. This is the configuration file with all the settings to your screen. lab46:~$ less xorg.conf Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 Screen 1 RightOf "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" FontPath "built-ins" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "record" Load "dri2" Load "extmod" Load "glx" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 340 270 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "DEL" ModelName "DELL 1703FP" HorizSync 30.0 - 80.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False", ### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "NoAccel" # [] #Option "SWcursor" # [] #Option "Dac6Bit" # [] #Option "Dac8Bit" # [] #Option "BusType" # [] #Option "CPPIOMode" # [] #Option "CPusecTimeout" # #Option "AGPMode" # #Option "AGPFastWrite" # [] #Option "AGPSize" # #Option "GARTSize" # #Option "RingSize" # #Option "BufferSize" # #Option "EnableDepthMoves" # [] #Option "EnablePageFlip" # [] #Option "NoBackBuffer" # [] #Option "DMAForXv" # [] #Option "FBTexPercent" # #Option "DepthBits" # #Option "PCIAPERSize" # #Option "AccelDFS" # [] #Option "IgnoreEDID" # [] #Option "CustomEDID" # [] #Option "DisplayPriority" # [] #Option "PanelSize" # [] #Option "ForceMinDotClock" # #Option "ColorTiling" # [] #Option "VideoKey" # #Option "RageTheatreCrystal" # #Option "RageTheatreTunerPort" # #Option "RageTheatreCompositePort" # #Option "RageTheatreSVideoPort" # #Option "TunerType" # #Option "RageTheatreMicrocPath" # #Option "RageTheatreMicrocType" # #Option "ScalerWidth" # #Option "RenderAccel" # [] #Option "SubPixelOrder" # [] #Option "ClockGating" # [] #Option "VGAAccess" # [] #Option "ReverseDDC" # [] #Option "LVDSProbePLL" # [] #Option "AccelMethod" # #Option "DRI" # [] #Option "ConnectorTable" # #Option "DefaultConnectorTable" # [] #Option "DefaultTMDSPLL" # [] #Option "TVDACLoadDetect" # [] #Option "ForceTVOut" # [] #Option "TVStandard" # #Option "IgnoreLidStatus" # [] #Option "DefaultTVDACAdj" # [] #Option "Int10" # [] #Option "EXAVSync" # [] #Option "ATOMTVOut" # [] #Option "R4xxATOM" # [] #Option "ForceLowPowerMode" # [] #Option "DynamicPM" # [] #Option "NewPLL" # [] #Option "ZaphodHeads" # Identifier "Card0" Driver "radeon" VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" BoardName "RV530 [Radeon X1600]" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "d10" Driver "udlfb" BusID "USB" Option #"fbdev" "/dev/fb1" Option "ReportDamage" "true" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection *The server layout would be where you define how many screens you have and the layout of the screens. *The file section tells xorg what config files to use. *The module section tells xorg what modules to load like fonts. *The input section tells xorg you have a keyboard and mouse. *Obviously the monitor section tells xorg you have a monitor and the settings for that. *The device section tells xorg what drivers to use for your video card. *The screen section combines the cards with the corresponding screen.