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'''Sim''', short for simulator, is another term for a [[Region]].
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Simulator, which can mean either:
* '''Sim node''' (or sim host), the physical server machine simulating one or more [[Region | regions]].
* '''Sim processes''', the processes running on the server machines that simulate regions.
 
The latter usage is more precise, because multiple processes may run on a single server CPU.  In common usage, "sim" may also be used to mean [[Region | region]], though this meaning is deprecated because it is ambiguous.  Most accurately, a region is simulated by a sim process running on a sim node.
 
== Definitions by Lil Linden ==
 
From Beta Server Office Hours 2010.02.12
 
* '''Sim''' means '''sim host''', or the hardware
* '''Simulator''' is the binary that runs on the sim hosts
* '''Regions''' run in the simulator

Latest revision as of 16:53, 11 February 2010

Simulator, which can mean either:

  • Sim node (or sim host), the physical server machine simulating one or more regions.
  • Sim processes, the processes running on the server machines that simulate regions.

The latter usage is more precise, because multiple processes may run on a single server CPU. In common usage, "sim" may also be used to mean region, though this meaning is deprecated because it is ambiguous. Most accurately, a region is simulated by a sim process running on a sim node.

Definitions by Lil Linden

From Beta Server Office Hours 2010.02.12

  • Sim means sim host, or the hardware
  • Simulator is the binary that runs on the sim hosts
  • Regions run in the simulator