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diff --git a/doc/html/Tutor/glossary.html b/doc/html/Tutor/glossary.html index 84a938d..edec3e2 100644 --- a/doc/html/Tutor/glossary.html +++ b/doc/html/Tutor/glossary.html @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ number of entries in symbol tables (used to store groups) and additional version manner, called a complex dataspace. <P> -<DT><B>DATA TYPE</B> -<DD>An HDF5 Data Type is an object that describes the type of the +<DT><B>DATATYPE</B> +<DD>An HDF5 Datatype is an object that describes the type of the element in an HDF5 multi-dimensional array. There are two categories of datatypes: atomic and compound data types. An atomic type is a type which cannot be decomposed into smaller @@ -181,6 +181,13 @@ A hyperslab is a portion of a dataset. A hyperslab selection can be a logically contiguous collection of points in a dataspace, or it can be a regular pattern of points or blocks in a dataspace. <P> +<DT><B>MOUNTING FILES</B> +<DD> +HDF5 allows you to combine two or more HDF5 files in a manner similar +to mounting files in UNIX. The group structure and metadata +from one file appear as though they exist in another file. +<P> + <DT><B>NAMES</B> <DD>HDF5 object names are a slash-separated list of components. A name which begins with a slash is an absolute name which is accessed @@ -192,6 +199,28 @@ can be a regular pattern of points or blocks in a dataspace. MPI (Message Passing Interface). <P> +<DT><B>REFERENCE</B> +<DD> +<B>OBJECT REFERENCE:</B><BR> + A reference to an entire object in the current HDF5 file. + <P> + An object + reference points to an entire object in the current HDF5 file by storing + the relative file address (OID) of the object header for the object + pointed to. The relative file address of an object header is constant + for the life of the object. An object reference is of a fixed size in + the file. +<P> +<B>DATASET REGION REFERENCE:</B><BR> + Reference to a specific dataset region. + <P> + A dataset region reference points to a region of a dataset in the + current HDF5 file by storing the OID of the dataset and the global + heap offset of the region referenced. The region referenced is + located by retrieving the coordinates of the areas in the region + from the global heap. A dataset region reference is of a variable + size in the file. +<P> <DT><B>THREADSAFE (HDF5)</B> <DD>A "thread-safe" version of HDF-5 (TSHDF5) is one that can be called from any thread of a multi-threaded program. Any calls to HDF can be made in any order, and each individual HDF call will perform correctly. A calling program does not have to explicitly lock the HDF @@ -221,7 +250,7 @@ library as regular HDF-5 library, with additional code to synchronize access to <!-- <A HREF="helpdesk.mail.html"> --> <A HREF="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu"> hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu</A> -<BR> <H6>Last Modified: September 1, 1999</H6><BR> +<BR> <H6>Last Modified: January 5, 2000</H6><BR> <!-- modified by Barbara Jones - bljones@ncsa.uiuc.edu --> </FONT> <BR> |