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Control groups - a Linux kernel feature for limiting, accounting, and isolating resource usage of process collections.

cgroups enable fine-grained control over CPU, memory, I/O, and network resources for processes. They are fundamental to container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. cgroups v2 provides a unified hierarchy and improved resource management.

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NVMe

Non-Volatile Memory Express - a specification for accessing solid-state storage over PCIe.

CUDA

NVIDIA's parallel computing platform and programming model for general computing on GPUs.

Kubernetes

An open-source container orchestration platform for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

Tensor Core

Specialized processing units in NVIDIA GPUs designed for matrix operations common in deep learning.

RDMA

Remote Direct Memory Access - a technology that allows direct memory access between computers without involving the CPU.

Kernel

The core component of an operating system that manages system resources and provides services to applications.