Compute Node
Noun · Development
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A node in a distributed system whose main role is to run computation rather than primarily store metadata or coordinate control logic. Compute nodes are common in clusters for analytics, rendering, ML training, and large-scale processing workloads.
In plain English: A node in a cluster that mainly performs computation.
Example: "The scheduler placed the heavy simulation shards on GPU-enabled compute nodes while the control plane stayed on smaller general-purpose machines."