Glossary

Glossary#

Array#: A collection of elements of the same type. An array has a rank and a shape.
Domain#: TODO
Element#: Depending on the context this is the type or the value of a single item in an array. An array contains elements.
Field#: A property of a phenomenon that has values at all locations of a certain domain. Examples of fields are the elevation within a study area, the gravity of Earth, and the surface temperature of Mars.
Partition#: A subset of a larger data structure. Partitions are asynchronously computed and can be distributed over multiple processes.
Phenomenon#: TODO
Property#: TODO
Rank#: The number of array dimensions.
Scalar#: A single value, representing a field that has the same value at all locations in a property’s domain. Scalar values are asynchronously computed.
Shape#: For each array dimension the extent in number of elements.