@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Definitions
6868-----------
6969
7070process
71- A " process" is the basic unit of execution and is equivalent to a
71+ A ** process ** is the basic unit of execution and is equivalent to a
7272 conventional OS process. Each process has an address space, has one or
7373 more namespaces that contain objects, and is able to communicate with other
7474 processes to send and receive data. Note that the protocol does not
@@ -77,23 +77,23 @@ process
7777
7878process rank
7979 An integer label that uniquely identifies a process. Ranks are assigned
80- contiguously from the range `0 ... N-1 ` for `N ` processes.
80+ contiguously from the range `` 0 ... N-1 `` for `` N ` ` processes.
8181
8282process grid
83- The _process grid _ is an N-dimensional Cartesian grid. Each coordinate
83+ The ** process grid ** is an N-dimensional Cartesian grid. Each coordinate
8484 uniquely identifies a process, and the process grid maps process ranks to
8585 grid coordinates. Process ranks are assigned to their corresponding grid
8686 coordinate in "C-order", i.e., the last index varies fastest when iterating
8787 through coordinates in rank order. The product of the number of processes in
8888 each dimension in the process grid shall be equal to the total number of
8989 processes.
9090
91- For example, for an `N ` by `M ` process grid over `N * M ` processes with ranks
92- ` 0, 1, ..., (N*M)-1 `, process grid coordinate `(i,j) ` corresponds to the
93- process with rank `i*M + j `.
91+ For example, for an `` N `` by `` M `` process grid over `` N * M `` processes with
92+ ranks `` 0, 1, ..., (N*M)-1 `` , process grid coordinate `` (i,j) `` corresponds
93+ to the process with rank `` i*M + j ` `.
9494
9595 (Note that the protocol's *process grid * is compatible with MPI's
96- `MPI_Cart_create() ` command, and the MPI standard guarantees that Cartesian
96+ `` MPI_Cart_create() ` ` command, and the MPI standard guarantees that Cartesian
9797 process coordinates are always assigned to ranks in the same way and are
9898 "C-order" by default [#mpivirtualtopologies ]_. The protocol makes no
9999 assumption about which underlying communication library is being used, nor
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