Terminology

1. Federate - An individual simulator that is computing something interesting and communicating with other simulators

2. Core - An object managing the interactions of one or more Federates

3. Broker - An object coordinating multiple cores or brokers

   • There can be several layers of brokers

4. Root Broker – the top broker on the hierarchy

   • Last chance router

   • Responsible for determining when to enter initialization mode for the federation

5. Federation – the set of all Federates executing together in a single co-simulation

6. Interface - a structure by which a federate can communicate with other federates. Includes Endpoints, Publications, Filters, and Inputs