panther

n 1: a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the

leopard; in some classifications considered a member of

the genus Felis [syn: {jaguar}, {Panthera onca}, {Felis

onca}]

2: a leopard in the black color phase

3: large American feline resembling a lion [syn: {cougar}, {puma},

{catamount}, {mountain lion}, {painter}, {Felis concolor}]

pSather

A parallel extension of {Sather} for a clustered

{shared memory} model. It features {thread}s synchronised by

{monitor} objects ("gates"); {locality} {assertion}s and

placement operators.

There is an implementation for the {CM-5}.

["pSather Monitors: Design, Tutorial, Rationale and

Implementation", J.A. Feldman et al, TR-91-031 and TR-93-028,

ICSI, Berkeley, CA].

(1995-03-13)