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@misc{iptables-netfilter,
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@techreport{hpn-eval,
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@techreport{predicting-mpi-with-loggp,
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@misc{kgdb-intro,
  title = "The Linux kernel debugger",
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@misc{nas-p-b,
  title = "The NAS Parallel Benchmarks",
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@misc{abinit,
  title = "The ABINIT Group",
  key = "ABIN",
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}

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