A Cray-ism for Parallel Vector Processor, Cray's terminology for their machines with more than one vector processor The J90s and SV1s are PVP machines See the PVP Cluster web page
permanent virtual path A virtual path that consists of PVCs See also PVC and virtual path
Multiplexer dual framestore that gives near realtime record capability in 3 hour mode and improves multi-screen updates by 50%