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Parallel Virtual Machine

The Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) is a software tool for parallel networking of computers. It is designed to allow a network of heterogeneous machines to be used as a single distributed parallel processor.

PVM was developed by the University of Tennessee[?], The Oak Ridge National Laboratory[?] and the Emory University.


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