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     Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
         A graphics processing unit is a specialised electronic circuit that is designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory for the creation of images, intended for output to a display device, in a frame buffer.
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+    Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA)
+        In computing, remote direct memory access (RDMA) is a direct memory access from the memory of one computer into that of another without involving either one's operating system. This permits high-throughput, low-latency networking, which is especially useful in massively parallel computer clusters. 
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+    GPUDirect RDMA
+        GPUDirect RDMA is a technology introduced in Kepler-class GPUs and CUDA 5.0 that enables a direct path for data exchange between the GPU and a third-party peer device using standard features of PCI Express. Examples of third-party devices are: network interfaces, video acquisition devices, storage adapters. (https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/gpudirect-rdma/index.html)