Across
- 2. The interface between the communication controller within a node and the host computer of the node is known as ______.
- 7. The _______ denotes the maximum offset of respective ticks of any two clocks of an ensemble during the time interval of interest.
- 9. A _________ clock is a device for time measurement that contains a counter and a physical oscillation mechanism that periodically generates an event to increase the counter.
- 10. The ________ of a system relates to the number of parts and the number and types of interactions among the parts that must be considered in order to understand a particular function of the system.
- 12. The _______ of a clock denotes the maximum offset of a given clock from the external time reference during the time interval of interest.
- 13. A model that introduces a set of well-defined concepts and their interrelationships is called a ________ model.
- 15. A _______ message combines state-value semantics with autonomous control. State-message semantics corresponds naturally to the requirements of control applications.
Down
- 1. The purpose of a _______ is to implement the relative views of two interacting clusters.
- 3. In a time-triggered architecture, a gateway consists of a strictly data-sharing _______.
- 4. The probability that the assumptions made in the model building process hold in reality is called the _______ coverage.
- 5. A task is called a ______ task if it contains a blocking synchronization statement within the task body.
- 6. An architecture is called ________ with respect to a specified property if system integration will not invalidate a property that has been established at the subsystem level.
- 8. A _____tolerant system must be structured into partitions that act as error containment regions .
- 11. The effort required to understand any particular function of a large system should remain constant, and independent of the _______ size.
- 14. An ______ message combines event semantics with external control and requires one-to-one synchronization between the sender and the receiver.
