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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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Kubernetes

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

Kernel

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

NVMe

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

Tensor Core

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

Qubit

The fundamental unit of quantum information, analogous to a classical bit but capable of existing in superposition states.

CUDA

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