<s>
In	O
computer	B-General_Concept
architecture	I-General_Concept
a	O
locale	B-Operating_System
is	O
an	O
abstraction	O
of	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
a	O
localized	O
set	O
of	O
hardware	O
resources	O
which	O
are	O
close	O
enough	O
to	O
enjoy	O
uniform	O
memory	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
on	O
a	O
computer	B-Architecture
cluster	I-Architecture
each	O
node	O
may	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
locale	B-Operating_System
given	O
that	O
there	O
is	O
one	O
instance	O
of	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
and	O
uniform	O
access	O
to	O
memory	O
for	O
processes	O
running	O
on	O
that	O
node	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
on	O
an	O
SMP	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
,	O
each	O
node	O
may	O
be	O
defined	O
as	O
a	O
locale	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parallel	O
programming	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
Chapel	B-Language
have	O
specific	O
constructs	O
for	O
declaring	O
locales	B-Operating_System
.	O
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