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<p>Return to <a href="as4glos.htm#as4glos">Glossary</a>.</p>
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<dt id="x2074502" class="bold">
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<a name="x2074502"></a>G11N</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2023786">globalization</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2023640" class="bold">
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<a name="x2023640"></a>garbage collection</dt>
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<dd>Part of a language's
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run-time system or an add-on library that automatically determines the memory
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that a program no longer uses, and recycles it for other use. Garbage collection
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<a name="x2023645"></a>gateway</dt>
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<dd>A device or program used
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to connect networks or systems with different network architectures. The
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systems may have different characteristics, such as different communication
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role.</dd>
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<dt id="x2023656" class="bold">
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<a name="x2023656"></a>GCGID</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2023892">graphic character global identifier</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2023660" class="bold">
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<a name="x2023660"></a>GCS</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2024034">Group
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Control System</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2023664" class="bold">
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<a name="x2023664"></a>GCSGID</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2023902">graphic character set global identifier</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2023672" class="bold">
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<a name="x2023672"></a>GDDM®</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2056287">Graphical Data Display Manager</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2023676" class="bold">
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<a name="x2023676"></a>GDF</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2023936">graphics
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data format</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2192106"></a>GDF file</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2023941">graphics data format file</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2023684" class="bold">
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<a name="x2023684"></a>GDS</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2023693">general
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data stream</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2023688" class="bold">
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<a name="x2023688"></a>general activity</dt>
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<dd>In Backup Recovery
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and Media Services, an instruction to perform a specific operation such as
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*LOAD (load a new tape) or *EXIT (perform user exit).</dd>
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<dt id="x2023693" class="bold">
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<a name="x2023693"></a>general data stream (GDS)</dt>
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<dd>A structured
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field that precedes all mapped conversation user data in the communications
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data stream. It consists of a length (LL), which is defined as the first 2
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bytes of the structured field, and a general data stream identifier (GDS ID),
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which is defined as the next 2 bytes following the length field that identifies
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the GDS-defined format of the data.</dd>
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<a name="x2023698"></a>generalized interactive executive (GIX)</dt>
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<dd>A function of the NetView® Distribution Manager licensed program
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that provides the host system user with interactive use of the NetView Distribution
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Manager program.</dd>
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<dt id="x2023703" class="bold">
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<a name="x2023703"></a>general purpose library (QGPL)</dt>
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<dd>A
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library that contains IBM-provided objects that are required for many system
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functions, and user-created objects that are not explicitly placed in a different
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library when they are created.</dd>
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<dt id="x2023708" class="bold">
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<a name="x2023708"></a>General Use Programming Interface (GUPI)</dt>
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<dd>An interface, with few restrictions, for use in customer-written programs.
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The majority of programming interfaces are general-use programming interfaces,
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and are appropriate in a wide variety of application programs.</dd>
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<a name="x2023713"></a>generate</dt>
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<dd>In DB2® UDB for iSeries™, to produce, through the actions performed
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by a precompiler. For example, the precompiler generates host language statements
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and declarations that are embedded into the input source, and this modified
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source is then used as input to a compiler.</dd>
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<dt id="x2023718" class="bold">
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<a name="x2023718"></a>generic</dt>
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<dd>Relating to, or characteristic
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of, a whole group or class.</dd>
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<dt id="x2023723" class="bold">
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<a name="x2023723"></a>generic alert</dt>
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<dd>Alert information that
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is provided as text or is encoded using a method in which code points provide
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an index into short units of stored text. The use of generic alerts prevents
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the receiver from having to recognize and understand each unique problem for
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which an alert is sent. See also <a href="rzaatn.htm#x2061540">nongeneric alert</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2023728" class="bold">
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<a name="x2023728"></a>generic controller description</dt>
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<dd>An
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asynchronous controller description that is reserved for incoming calls on
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an X.25 packet-switching data network from a remote system or device that
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does not use SNA transmission protocols and whose location name and identifier
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are defined in configuration list QASYNCLOC in library QSYS.</dd>
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<dt id="x2023733" class="bold">
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<a name="x2023733"></a>generic envelope type</dt>
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<dd>A value that
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defines a specific envelope type. The contents of this envelope are published
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so that it can be used as a common interchange format.</dd>
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<a name="x2023738"></a>generic name</dt>
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<dd>(1) In the hierarchical
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file system, a path name that contains one or more wildcard characters.</dd>
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<dd>(2) The characters common to object names that can be used to identify a
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group of objects. A generic name ends with an asterisk (*). For example, ORD*
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identifies all objects whose names begin with the characters ORD.</dd>
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<a name="x2023746"></a>Generic Security Service API (GSS API)</dt>
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<dd>A standard application programming interface (API) that is defined by
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the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for authentication, integrity protection,
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and confidentiality. GSS API provides a generic interface for an application
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to interact with a variety of security mechanisms that may provide these security
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features. This provides for source-level portability of applications to different
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operating systems.</dd>
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<a name="x2235622"></a>geographic mirroring</dt>
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<dd>A subfunction
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of cross-site mirroring (XSM) that generates a mirror image of an independent
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disk pool on a system, which is (optionally) geographically distant from the
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originating site for availability or protection purposes.</dd>
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<a name="x2023751"></a>get</dt>
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<dd>In message queuing, to use the
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MQGET call to remove a message from a queue.</dd>
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<a name="x2023760"></a>GFT</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2023859">grant
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functional transmission</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2055817"></a>GID</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2024044">group
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identification number</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2023768"></a>GIF</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2185926">Graphics
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Interchange Format</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2023772"></a>Gigabit Ethernet</dt>
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<dd>A variation of the
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Ethernet protocol that is capable of transmitting data at one billion bits
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per second. Gigabit Ethernet on iSeries is supported only by TCP/IP in full-duplex
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mode.</dd>
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<a name="x2023777"></a>GIX</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2023698">generalized
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interactive executive</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2048009"></a>global character</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatw.htm#x2012466">wildcard character</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2023786"></a>globalization (G11N)</dt>
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<dd>The process
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of developing, manufacturing, and marketing software products that are intended
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for worldwide distribution. This term combines two aspects of the work: internationalization
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and localization.</dd>
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<a name="x2023791"></a>global mutex</dt>
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<dd>A mutual exclusion lock
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that is provided by the pthreads library to allow easy serialization to application
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resources.</dd>
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<a name="x2023796"></a>global name</dt>
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<dd>(1) In COBOL, a name that
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is declared in only one program but that may be referred to from that program
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and from any program contained within that program. Condition-names, data-names,
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filenames, record-names, and some special registers may be global names.</dd>
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<dd>(2) In Managed System Services, the name by which an object is known to
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SNA File Services (SNA/FS). SNA/FS enables objects to be uniquely named in
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an SNA network with systems of different types.</dd>
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<a name="x2023807"></a>global polling</dt>
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<dd>In Managed System
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Services, a type of polling used by the topology manager when collecting topology
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information for all the systems in the network.</dd>
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<a name="x2023822"></a>global variable</dt>
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<dd>A named entity within
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query management that can be assigned a value used for communications between
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an application program and Query Management/400.</dd>
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<a name="x2023827"></a>global variable pool</dt>
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<dd>In query management,
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the set of all user- and query-defined variables associated with a query instance.</dd>
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<a name="x2023832"></a>GLT</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2024079">group
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list table</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2023836"></a>glyph</dt>
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<dd>A graphic symbol whose appearance
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conveys information, for example, the vertical and horizontal arrows on cursor
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keys that indicate the directions in which they control cursor movement.</dd>
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<a name="x2023841"></a>GMT</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2023994">Greenwich
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mean time</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2023845"></a>GOCA</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2023917">Graphics
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Object Content Architecture</a>.</dd>
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a distributed information service that makes available hierarchical collections
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of information. A single Gopher client can access information from any accessible
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Gopher server. The Gopher client provides the user with a menu-driven interface.</dd>
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<a name="x2023859"></a>grant functional transmission (GFT)</dt>
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<dd>In MTAM, a control character indicating that the host system gives permission
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to i5/OS™ to send data or that i5/OS gives permission to the host system to
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send data. See also <a href="rzaatr.htm#x2036890">request functional transmission</a>.</dd>
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<dd>(1) See <a href="rzaatc.htm#x2016642">chart</a>.</dd>
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<dd>(2) The displayed, printed, or plotted output that represents
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the horizontal and vertical axis variables specified by the user for a collection
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of data.</dd>
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<a name="x2023869"></a>graph format</dt>
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a template used to display performance and historical graphs. The graph format
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consists of such things as titles, axis variables, and the type of graph.</dd>
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<dd>A function of the operating system that processes both text and graphics for
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output on a display, printer, or plotter. See also <a href="rzaatp.htm#x2034375">presentation graphics routines</a>.</dd>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2023884">graphical user interface</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2023884"></a>graphical user interface ( GUI, UI graphical
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<dd>A type of computer interface that presents a visual
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metaphor of a real-world scene, often of a desktop, by combining high-resolution
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graphics, pointing devices, menu bars and other menus, overlapping windows,
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icons and the object-action relationship.</dd>
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<dd>A visual representation
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of a character, other than a control character, that is normally produced
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by writing, printing, or displaying. (see ISO/IEC 9995-1). See also <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2023836">glyph</a>, <a href="rzaatc.htm#x2018457">control character</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2023892"></a>graphic character global identifier (GCGID)</dt>
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<dd>A 4- to 8-character alphanumeric identifier assigned to a registered
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graphic character. Each graphic character that is to be assigned a code point
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must have a GCGID. Each GCGID is unique.</dd>
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<a name="x2023897"></a>graphic character set</dt>
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<dd>A defined set
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of graphic characters treated as an entity. No coded representation is assumed.
|
||
|
|
See C-S 3-3220-019 Corporate Standard.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023902" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023902"></a>graphic character set global identifier (GCSGID)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A number between 00001 and 65534 that is assigned to identify
|
||
|
|
a graphic character set. For i5/OS, the graphic character set global identifier
|
||
|
|
is expressed as a 5-digit decimal number. For example, the invariant character
|
||
|
|
set has the GCSGID of 00640.</dd>
|
||
|
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<dt id="x2023907" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023907"></a>graphic character-set ID</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A 5-digit
|
||
|
|
registered identifier used to specify a graphic character set. The graphic
|
||
|
|
character-set ID is the first part of the QCHRID system value or the CHRID
|
||
|
|
parameter value.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023912" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023912"></a>graphic data type</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A character string
|
||
|
|
in which each character is represented by 2 bytes. The character string does
|
||
|
|
not contain shift-in (SI) and shift-out (SO) characters. See also <a href="rzaatd.htm#x2044301">DBCS-only</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023922" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023922"></a>graphic push button</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A button that
|
||
|
|
uses an image, rather than text, to describe its use.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023927" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023927"></a>graphics</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) Pertaining to charts, tables,
|
||
|
|
and their creation.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) Pictures and illustrations.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023936" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023936"></a>graphics data format (GDF)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In AFP™ Utilities,
|
||
|
|
the ability to create an AFP resource, such as an electronic overlay.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023941" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023941"></a>graphics data format file (GDF file)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A picture definition in a coded order format used internally by the GDDM function and,
|
||
|
|
optionally, providing the user with a lower-level programming interface than
|
||
|
|
the GDDM application programming interface.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023946" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023946"></a>graphics field</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In the GDDM function, that
|
||
|
|
part of the display or the paper that is used for pictures and graphics text.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2185926" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2185926"></a>Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A file format for storing images. GIF files are common on the World Wide Web
|
||
|
|
because they only contain a maximum of 256 colors and are therefore very small.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023917" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023917"></a>Graphics Object Content Architecture (GOCA)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An architecture that provides a collection of graphics values and control
|
||
|
|
structures used to interchange and present graphics data.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023951" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023951"></a>graphics primitive</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In the GDDM function, a
|
||
|
|
single item of graphics information, such as a line or a string of graphics
|
||
|
|
text.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023956" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023956"></a>graphics segment</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In the GDDM function, a
|
||
|
|
group of graphics primitives (lines, arcs, and text) that are operated as
|
||
|
|
a common set. The graphics primitives inside a graphics segment share characteristics,
|
||
|
|
such as visibility and angle of rotation, but keep their individual characteristics,
|
||
|
|
such as color and line width.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023961" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023961"></a>graphics symbol set</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In the GDDM function, an
|
||
|
|
object that can contain either lines or images. The system-recognized identifier
|
||
|
|
for the object type is *GSS.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023966" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023966"></a>graphics text</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In the GDDM function, text
|
||
|
|
displayed by an application program using a graphics symbol set.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002169" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002169"></a>graphic string</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A set of characters
|
||
|
|
associated with a double-byte character set.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023974" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023974"></a>graphics window</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In the GDDM function, the
|
||
|
|
view of the graphics picture that is defined by the range of the world coordinates
|
||
|
|
specified by the user.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023979" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023979"></a>gray level</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In the GDDM function, a
|
||
|
|
digitally coded shade of gray that is in a range of 0 through 7.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023984" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023984"></a>gray scale</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A scale that indicates
|
||
|
|
the shades of gray between black and white that can be presented on a display
|
||
|
|
device.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023989" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023989"></a>gray-scale image</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An image that is
|
||
|
|
represented by different gray values that range from white to black.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023994" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023994"></a>Greenwich mean time (GMT)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Mean solar
|
||
|
|
time at the meridian of Greenwich, England. Universal coordinated time is
|
||
|
|
considered the most accurate measure of time. GMT is kept by the Royal Greenwich
|
||
|
|
Observatory located at Greenwich, England. In the 1840's, GMT was established
|
||
|
|
for all of England, Scotland, and Wales, replacing many local times in use
|
||
|
|
in those days. Subsequently GMT became the official time reference for the
|
||
|
|
world until 1972 when it was replaced by the atomic-clock-based coordinated
|
||
|
|
universal time (UTC). GMT is also known as universal time.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2023999" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2023999"></a>grid</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) In AFP Utilities, horizontal and vertical lines
|
||
|
|
printed on an AFP resource, such as an electronic overlay, to help in the design of
|
||
|
|
the AFP resource.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) In Business Graphics Utility and the GDDM function, uniformly
|
||
|
|
spaced horizontal and vertical lines on a chart.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002174" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002174"></a>gross lock</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In DB2 Universal Database™ for z/OS® and OS/390®, the shared, update, or exclusive mode locks on
|
||
|
|
a table, partition, or table space. See also <a href="rzaate.htm#x2001803">exclusive
|
||
|
|
lock</a>, <a href="rzaats.htm#x2004579">shared lock</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002179" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002179"></a>group</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) In resource definition online,
|
||
|
|
a collection of related resources. The main purpose of an RDO group is convenience
|
||
|
|
in storing definitions in the CSD.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) In the Application Development
|
||
|
|
Manager feature of the Application Development ToolSet licensed program, a
|
||
|
|
collection of parts at the same phase in the development process.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024019" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024019"></a>group address</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In communications,
|
||
|
|
a multidestination address associated with one or more stations on a given
|
||
|
|
network. See also <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025203">individual address</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024024" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024024"></a>group authority</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Authority to use
|
||
|
|
objects, resources, or functions from a group profile.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024029" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024029"></a>group calendar</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A display that shows
|
||
|
|
the events for up to seven users at one time.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024034" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024034"></a>Group Control System (GCS)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In OSI
|
||
|
|
Communications Subsystem, a VM operating environment in which the subsystem
|
||
|
|
and Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (VTAM®) run.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024039" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024039"></a>group data area</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A data area that
|
||
|
|
is automatically created when an interactive job becomes a group job. This
|
||
|
|
data area is shared by all jobs in the group but cannot be used by jobs outside
|
||
|
|
the group.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024044" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024044"></a>group identification number (GID)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A 4 byte, unsigned integer (GID) that is used to identify a group profile.
|
||
|
|
See also <a href="rzaatu.htm#x2044316">user identification number</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024049" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024049"></a>group indication</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In RPG, the printing
|
||
|
|
of control information for only the first record of a group of records containing
|
||
|
|
identical control information.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024054" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024054"></a>group item</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, a named set
|
||
|
|
of consecutive elementary or group items.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024059" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024059"></a>group job</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>One of up to 16 interactive
|
||
|
|
jobs that are associated in a group with the same work station device and
|
||
|
|
user.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024064" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024064"></a>group job name</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The name that identifies
|
||
|
|
a given job within a group.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024069" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024069"></a>group job transfer</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An operation performed
|
||
|
|
by the Transfer to Group Job (TFRGRPJOB) command that will either start a
|
||
|
|
new group job or resume an existing group job.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024074" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024074"></a>group list print descriptor</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A special
|
||
|
|
type of print descriptor used to define print descriptor groups, and the search
|
||
|
|
order used when a print descriptor is referred to.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024079" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024079"></a>group list table (GLT)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A CICS® table that
|
||
|
|
identifies the library and file names for resource mapping that is to be installed
|
||
|
|
when the control region is started.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024084" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024084"></a>group member</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A user profile that
|
||
|
|
is a member of a group profile.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024095" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024095"></a>group message queue</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A message queue
|
||
|
|
that is associated with a group of jobs. When the message queue is set either
|
||
|
|
to break mode or notify mode in the active group job, the mode is the same
|
||
|
|
for any job in the group that becomes the active job.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024100" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024100"></a>group profile</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A profile that provides
|
||
|
|
the same authority to a group of users.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024110" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024110"></a>group window</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In iSeries Access for Windows®, a window that contains one or more icons that represent applications,
|
||
|
|
functions, or documents.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2056359" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2056359"></a>GSS API</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2023746">Generic Security Service API</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024115" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024115"></a>guaranteed service</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A type of service
|
||
|
|
class that ensures bandwidth availability and provides information on queuing
|
||
|
|
delays. Guaranteed service is the most reliable of the service classes. It
|
||
|
|
is commonly used for applications that cannot tolerate network delays or performance
|
||
|
|
variations. For example, applications such as Internet Protocol (IP) telephony
|
||
|
|
and other real-time applications have specific timing needs that require guaranteed
|
||
|
|
service.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2210765" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2210765"></a>guest partition</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A secondary partition
|
||
|
|
that runs an operating system other than i5/OS. The guest partition requires another
|
||
|
|
partition to host it. The purpose of the hosting partition is to supply paths
|
||
|
|
from virtual I/O in the guest partition's operating system to real I/O hardware
|
||
|
|
drivers in the hosting partition. The guest partition requires a console in
|
||
|
|
order to provide an interface to DST console functions. TELNET is used to
|
||
|
|
establish a guest console from the hosting partition. The guest partition's
|
||
|
|
console should not be confused with the console used by the operating system
|
||
|
|
running in the guest partition. They are separate console sessions.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024120" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024120"></a>GUI</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2023884">graphical
|
||
|
|
user interface</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024124" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024124"></a>guideline value</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In capacity planning,
|
||
|
|
a value used as a general guide for optimal resource utilization. If resource
|
||
|
|
utilization is above the guideline value, the resource may be approaching
|
||
|
|
a problem area or a threshold value. Guideline values are also available for
|
||
|
|
the rate of synchronous reads in the machine pool and for the sum of all pools.
|
||
|
|
See also <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041483">threshold value</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024129" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024129"></a>GUI designer</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The VRPG tool suite
|
||
|
|
that allows the user to create interfaces by dragging and dropping controls
|
||
|
|
from the parts palette to the design window.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2044211" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2044211"></a>GUPI</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2023708">General
|
||
|
|
Use Programming Interface</a>.</dd></dl>
|
||
|
|
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|
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