Batch:

Velocity Scheduler (vsched), Batch Scheduler
    Terminology:

    vsched
    short name for Velocity Scheduler (batch system)

    Affiliation
    the name for a pool of compute nodes (e.g. v3)

    Queue
    ordered list of programs waiting to run

    Login node
    main entry-point for work on CTC computers. Used to compile programs and submit batch jobs (e.g., ctclogina.tc.cornell.edu, ctcloginb...)

    Compute node, batch node
    computer intended for cpu-intensive programs, accessible only through the batch scheduler