Each actor executes a user-provided function on a simulated |Host|_
with which it can interact. Communications are not directly sent to
actors, but posted onto a |Mailbox|_ that serve as rendez-vous point
-between communicating processes.
+between communicating actors.
.. |Actors| replace:: **Actors**
.. _Actors: api/classsimgrid_1_1s4u_1_1Actor.html
For that, the master needs to retrieve the list of hosts declared in
the platform with :cpp:func:`simgrid::s4u::Engine::get_all_hosts`.
-Then, the master should start the worker processes with
+Then, the master should start the worker actors with
:cpp:func:`simgrid::s4u::Actor::create`.
``Actor::create(name, host, func, params...)`` is a very flexible