spatter

n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively;

"he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn: {spattering}, {splatter},

{splattering}, {sputter}, {splutter}, {sputtering}]

2: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface [syn:

{spattering}, {splash}, {splashing}, {splattering}]

v 1: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the

baby's face with water" [syn: {splatter}, {plash}, {splash},

{splosh}, {swash}]

2: rain gently [syn: {sprinkle}, {spit}, {patter}, {pitter-patter}]

3: spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with

food" [syn: {bespatter}]

pSather

A parallel extension of {Sather} for a clustered

{shared memory} model. It features {thread}s synchronised by

{monitor} objects ("gates"); {locality} {assertion}s and

placement operators.

There is an implementation for the {CM-5}.

["pSather Monitors: Design, Tutorial, Rationale and

Implementation", J.A. Feldman et al, TR-91-031 and TR-93-028,

ICSI, Berkeley, CA].

(1995-03-13)