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<p>Return to <a href="as4glos.htm#as4glos">Glossary</a>.</p>
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<a name="x2391841"></a>i5/OS™</dt>
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<dd>Pertaining to the IBM® licensed program
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that can be used as the operating system for iSeries™ servers as of Version 5 Release 3.
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See also <a href="rzaati.htm#x2230806">iSeries server</a>, <a href="rzaati.htm#x2391846">i5 server</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2210473" class="bold">
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<a name="x2210473"></a>i5/OS user profile</dt>
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<dd>A user profile
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that is used to sign on to i5/OS. i5/OS user profiles are created with the CRTUSRPRF
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(Create User Profile) CL command.</dd>
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<dt id="x2391846" class="bold">
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<a name="x2391846"></a>i5 server</dt>
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<dd>The most current generation
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of the iSeries family of general purpose systems that supports the i5/OS, Operating System/400®, AIX®, and Linux® operating systems and that provides application
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portability across all models. See also <a href="rzaato.htm#x2244302">Operating System/400</a>, <a href="rzaati.htm#x2391841">i5/OS</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2024736" class="bold">
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<a name="x2024736"></a>IAB</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025927">Internet
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Architecture Board</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024744"></a>IAR</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025549">instruction
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address register</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024748"></a>I-beam pointer</dt>
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<dd>A pointer that indicates
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that the pointer is over an area that can be edited, for example, an entry
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field.</dd>
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<a name="x2445810"></a>IBG</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025697">interblock
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gap</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024753"></a>IBM eNetwork Software (eNetwork)</dt>
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<dd>A family of IBM products that provide the communication software infrastructure for
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global network computing, thereby enabling e-business.</dd>
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<a name="x2024758"></a>IBM PC double-byte encoding scheme</dt>
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<dd>The graphic characters have the following range: The first byte is in
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the range 81 to FC. The second byte is in the range 40 to 7E and 80 to FC.
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No other 16-bit patterns are valid as graphic characters. The space character
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is always assigned to code point 8140.</dd>
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<dt id="x2024763" class="bold">
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<a name="x2024763"></a>IBM PC single-byte encoding scheme</dt>
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<dd>An extension of the ISO 646 version 7-bit structure to an 8-bit structure.
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The IBM PC single-byte structure has a valid code point range for 00 to FF.
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The graphic characters have the following range: The first byte is in the
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range 81 to FC. The second byte is in the range X'40' to X'7E' and X'80' to
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X'FC'. No other 16-bit patterns are valid as graphic characters.</dd>
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<a name="x2243801"></a>IBM TotalStorage® Enterprise Storage Server® (ESS)</dt>
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<dd>A member of the Seascape® product family of storage servers
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and attached storage devices (disk drive modules). The ESS provides for high-performance,
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fault-tolerant storage and management of enterprise data, providing access
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through multiple concurrent operating systems and communication protocols.
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High performance is provided by multiple symmetrical multiprocessors, integrated
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caching, RAID support for the disk drive modules, and disk access through
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a high-speed serial storage architecture (SSA) interface.</dd>
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<dt id="x2024768" class="bold">
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<a name="x2024768"></a>ICE</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2026052">interval
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control element</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2009141" class="bold">
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<a name="x2009141"></a>ICF</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2026037">intersystem
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communications function</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024774"></a>ICF file</dt>
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<dd>A device file that allows
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a program on one system to communicate with a program on another system. There
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can be one or more sessions with the same or different communications devices
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at the same time.</dd>
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<a name="x2024779"></a>ICMP</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025937">Internet
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Control Message Protocol</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024783"></a>ICMP code</dt>
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<dd>A number that is used in
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conjunction with an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) type to provide
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a more detailed description of the ICMP message.</dd>
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<a name="x2024788"></a>ICMP service</dt>
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<dd>A user-defined combination
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of an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) type and an ICMP code.</dd>
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<a name="x2024793"></a>ICMP type</dt>
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<dd>A number that describes
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the information that is contained in the Internet Control Message Protocol
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(ICMP) message.</dd>
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<a name="x2024798"></a>icon</dt>
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<dd>A graphical representation of
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a choice or object for the user to select. An icon can represent something
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a user wants to work with, such as a document, file, application, or user-created
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object or list. An icon can also represent an action a user wants to do.</dd>
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<dt id="x2024803" class="bold">
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<a name="x2024803"></a>icons view</dt>
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<dd>A standard contents view
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in which each object contained in a list object is displayed as an icon.</dd>
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<dt id="x2056415" class="bold">
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<a name="x2056415"></a>ID</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2024831">identifier</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2024812" class="bold">
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<a name="x2024812"></a>IDDU</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025652">interactive
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data definition utility</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2024821" class="bold">
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<a name="x2024821"></a>Identification Division</dt>
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<dd>One of the
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four main parts of a COBOL program. In addition to identifying the source
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program and the object program, this part may also describe the author's name,
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the location where written, and the date written.</dd>
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<dt id="x2024826" class="bold">
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<a name="x2024826"></a>identified user</dt>
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<dd>A concurrent user
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(a user who is signed on to a program simultaneously with another user) of
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the i5/OS licensed program who is known and reported on by the license management
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function of i5/OS.</dd>
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<a name="x2024831"></a>identifier (ID)</dt>
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<dd>(1) A sequence of bits
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or characters that identifies a user, program, device, or system to another
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user, program, device, or system. See also <a href="rzaatd.htm#x2019537">data name</a>.</dd>
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<dd>(2) In COBOL, a data name that is unique or is made unique by
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the correct combination of qualifiers, subscripts, or indexes.</dd>
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<dd>(3) In iSeries Access, an entry in an iSeries Access configuration file that defines
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how a particular iSeries Access function operates.</dd>
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<dd>(4) In the C
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language, a sequence of letters, digits, and underscores used to identify
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a data object or function.</dd>
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<a name="x2024851"></a>ideographic</dt>
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<dd>Pertaining to 2-byte
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characters consisting of pictograms, symbolic characters, and other types
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of symbols.</dd>
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<dt id="x2024860" class="bold">
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<a name="x2024860"></a>IDLC</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2026280">ISDN
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data link control</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2024869" class="bold">
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<a name="x2024869"></a>idle connection</dt>
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<dd>A connection between
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two systems where no data is transferred.</dd>
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<dt id="x2024874" class="bold">
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<a name="x2024874"></a>IDP</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025707">interchange
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document profile</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024878"></a>IDU</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025739">interface
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data unit</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024882"></a>IEEE</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2056697">Institute
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of Electrical and Electronics Engineers</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2394703"></a>IETF</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025942">Internet
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Engineering Task Force</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2056465"></a>I frame</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025262">information frame</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024891"></a>IGC</dt>
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<dd>Abbreviation used in commands
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and keywords to represent double-byte character set functions.</dd>
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<a name="x2024896"></a>IGP</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025787">Interior
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Gateway Protocol</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024900"></a>IGS</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025717">interchange
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group separator</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024904"></a>IKE</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025952">Internet
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Key Exchange</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024908"></a>ILAN</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025849">internal
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local area network</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024912"></a>ILE</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025580">Integrated Language Environment®</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024916"></a>ILE C</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025570">Integrated Language Environment C</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024920"></a>ILE COBOL</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025575">Integrated Language Environment COBOL</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024924"></a>ILE RPG</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025585">Integrated Language Environment RPG</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2009161" class="bold">
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<a name="x2009161"></a>ILU</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2002401">independent
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logical unit</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2025061"></a>IM1</dt>
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<dd>A data tower of an Intelligent Printer Data
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Stream™ (IPDS™) construct that represents image data.</dd>
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<a name="x2024928"></a>image</dt>
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<dd>An electronic representation
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of an original document or picture produced by a scanning device or created
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from software.</dd>
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<a name="x2024933"></a>image area</dt>
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<dd>In AFP™ Utilities, an
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area on the display where the image of an AFP resource is displayed when a user designs
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the resource.</dd>
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<a name="x2210217"></a>image catalog</dt>
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<dd>An object on the server
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that contains image catalog entries. Each catalog is associated with one user-specified
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integrated file system directory. The system-recognized identifier for the
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object type is *IMGCLG. Image catalogs can have the following statuses: ready,
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not ready.</dd>
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<a name="x2210232"></a>image catalog entry</dt>
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<dd>A position (index)
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within an image catalog that contains information about an optical image file
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(byte-stream file) that is located in the image catalog directory. Examples
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of image catalog entry information include optical image file name, volume
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identifier, index position in the catalog, and a text description of the image.
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Image catalog entries can have the following statuses: (1) loaded, (2) mounted,
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(3) unloaded.</dd>
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<a name="x2024938"></a>image data stream</dt>
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<dd>An Advanced Function Printing™ data stream that represents image data.</dd>
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<a name="x2024943"></a>Image Object Content Architecture (IOCA)</dt>
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<dd>A defined data stream used to store raster image data. The images in
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a Mixed Object:Document Content Architecture document are stored using IOCA.</dd>
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<a name="x2024948"></a>image part</dt>
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<dd>A part that displays a
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picture on a window. The picture is displayed by retrieving the contents of
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a picture file, such as a bit map.</dd>
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<a name="x2024953"></a>image symbol set (ISS)</dt>
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<dd>In the GDDM® function, a graphics symbol set in which each character is treated as
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a small image and is described by a rectangular array of display points. Characters
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in an image symbol set are always drawn in a fixed size. See also <a href="rzaatv.htm#x2043064">vector symbol set</a>.</dd>
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<a name="x2024958"></a>imaginary line</dt>
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<dd>In the GDDM function, a
|
||
|
|
construction line used to build a fillet. The beginning and ending points
|
||
|
|
of imaginary lines are defined, but the lines themselves do not appear as
|
||
|
|
part of the picture.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024967" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024967"></a>imbedded blank</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaate.htm#x2026691">embedded blank</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024971" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024971"></a>immediate maintenance</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A method of
|
||
|
|
maintaining keyed access paths for database files. This method updates the
|
||
|
|
access path whenever changes are made to the database file associated with
|
||
|
|
the access path. See also <a href="rzaatd.htm#x2020063">delayed maintenance</a>, <a href="rzaatr.htm#x2035950">rebuild maintenance</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024976" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024976"></a>immediate message</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A message that
|
||
|
|
is created when it is sent. See also <a href="rzaatp.htm#x2034267">predefined message</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024981" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024981"></a>imperative statement</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, a
|
||
|
|
statement that either begins with an imperative verb and specifies an unconditional
|
||
|
|
action to be taken or is a conditional statement that is delimited by its
|
||
|
|
explicit scope terminator (delimited scope statement). An imperative statement
|
||
|
|
can consist of a sequence of imperative statements.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024986" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024986"></a>IMPI</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025854">internal
|
||
|
|
microprogram instruction</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024990" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024990"></a>implement</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A Java™ programming
|
||
|
|
language keyword that is optionally included in the class declaration to specify
|
||
|
|
any interfaces that are used by the current class.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2024995" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2024995"></a>implementation</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The specification
|
||
|
|
of what instance variables implement an object's state, and what procedures
|
||
|
|
implement its methods.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025000" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025000"></a>implementer name</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, an IBM-defined
|
||
|
|
name that includes assignment names, computer names, function names, and language
|
||
|
|
names.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025005" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025005"></a>implicit</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Capable of being understood
|
||
|
|
from something else, though unexpressed.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025015" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025015"></a>implicit connection</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A connection
|
||
|
|
that is made to a database without a user ID or password.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025020" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025020"></a>implicit disconnection</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In DB2® UDB for iSeries, the ending of the conversation between an application requester and
|
||
|
|
an application server.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025025" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025025"></a>implicit scope terminator</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL,
|
||
|
|
a separator period that ends the scope of any preceding unterminated statement,
|
||
|
|
or a phrase of a statement that by its occurrence indicates the end of the
|
||
|
|
scope of any statement contained within the preceding phrase.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025030" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025030"></a>implied semicolon</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In REXX, an assumed
|
||
|
|
semicolon at the end of each line.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002346" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002346"></a>import</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) In ILE binder language, a
|
||
|
|
reference to an external symbol defined in another module or program. See
|
||
|
|
also <a href="rzaate.htm#x2001853">export</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) In VisualAge® RPG, a
|
||
|
|
function that allows an application to use data that was created by another
|
||
|
|
application. It usually involves some file conversion.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(3) In the
|
||
|
|
Application Development Manager feature of the Application Development ToolSet
|
||
|
|
licensed program, to copy objects and source members from a library to the
|
||
|
|
Application Development Manager environment.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2243706" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2243706"></a>impulsive noise</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Noise produced without
|
||
|
|
cause.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025066" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025066"></a>inaccessible</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Pertaining to an object
|
||
|
|
for which the client does not possess a valid designator or handle.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025076" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025076"></a>inactive connection</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A broken connection
|
||
|
|
between two systems where no data can be transferred.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025081" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025081"></a>inactive record</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An inactive subfile
|
||
|
|
record or any record format that is not currently shown on a display. See
|
||
|
|
also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013047">active record</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025086" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025086"></a>inactive subfile record</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A subfile
|
||
|
|
record that either was not added to a subfile by a write operation or was
|
||
|
|
described as inactive by the data description specification (DDS) keywords
|
||
|
|
SFLINZ and SFLRNA. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013062">active subfile record</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025091" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025091"></a>inbound DTE attribute</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In OSI, an
|
||
|
|
attribute specified by the local node to regulate inbound connection requests
|
||
|
|
from an adjacent node to the local node over an X.25 subnetwork. The inbound
|
||
|
|
DTE attributes are accept calls and reverse charging.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2085512" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2085512"></a>inches per second (ips)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A measure
|
||
|
|
of tape drive speed and performance.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2449101" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2449101"></a>include file</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A text file that contains
|
||
|
|
declarations that are used by a group of functions, programs, or users.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025101" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025101"></a>include statement</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A computer language
|
||
|
|
preprocessor statement that directs the processor to retrieve a specific file
|
||
|
|
that contains instructions and data the program may need.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025109" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025109"></a>incremental backup</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The process of
|
||
|
|
backing up files or directories, or copying pages in the database, that are
|
||
|
|
new or changed since the last full or incremental backup. See also <a href="rzaatc.htm#x2018929">cumulative backup</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025114" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025114"></a>incremental save operation</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In Backup
|
||
|
|
Recovery and Media Services, a backup operation that includes only those objects
|
||
|
|
in a control group that have been changed since the last backup operation
|
||
|
|
or archive operation.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025123" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025123"></a>independent data item</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, a
|
||
|
|
data item in the Working-Storage Section that has no relationship to other
|
||
|
|
data items.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2211105" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2211105"></a>independent disk pool</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>One or more
|
||
|
|
storage units that are defined from the disk units or disk-unit subsystems
|
||
|
|
that make up addressable disk storage. An independent disk pool contains objects,
|
||
|
|
the directories that contain the objects, and other object attributes such
|
||
|
|
as authorization ownership attributes.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002401" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002401"></a>independent logical unit (ILU)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A
|
||
|
|
unique connection to an application program that is able to activate an LU-to-LU
|
||
|
|
session without assistance from a system services control point (SSCP). An
|
||
|
|
independent logical unit can be used as either a primary logical unit (PLU)
|
||
|
|
or a secondary logical unit (SLU), and can have one or more active LU-toLU
|
||
|
|
sessions at a time. Currently, only an LU 6.2 can be an independent LU. See
|
||
|
|
also <a href="rzaatd.htm#x2001482">dependent logical unit</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025136" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025136"></a>independent workstation</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatp.htm#x2035058">programmable workstation</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002406" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002406"></a>index</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) A relative number (1-64) of
|
||
|
|
an image catalog entry within an image catalog.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) A computer storage
|
||
|
|
position or register, the contents of which identify a particular element
|
||
|
|
in a table.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(3) A set of pointers that are logically ordered by the
|
||
|
|
values of a key. Indexes provide quick access to data and can enforce uniqueness
|
||
|
|
on the rows in the table. When you request an index, the database manager
|
||
|
|
builds the structure and maintains it automatically. The index is used by
|
||
|
|
the database manager to improve performance and ensure uniqueness.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(4) In VisualAge RPG, the identifier of an entry in a part, such
|
||
|
|
as a list box or a combination box.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025149" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025149"></a>index data item</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, a data
|
||
|
|
item in which the contents of an index can be stored without conversion to
|
||
|
|
subscript form.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025154" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025154"></a>indexed data name</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, a data
|
||
|
|
name identifier that is subscripted with one or more index names.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025159" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025159"></a>indexed organization</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, the
|
||
|
|
file structure that identifies each record by the value of one or more keys
|
||
|
|
within that record.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002416" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002416"></a>index key</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The set of columns in a
|
||
|
|
table that are used to determine the order of index entries.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025164" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025164"></a>index name</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, a user-defined
|
||
|
|
word that names an index.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025169" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025169"></a>index queue</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A list of requests to
|
||
|
|
either add or remove a document to or from text search services.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025174" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025174"></a>index search</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A searchable part of
|
||
|
|
the online information. Using index search, application programmers can create
|
||
|
|
and write their own index search topics for their applications. The system-recognized
|
||
|
|
identifier for the object type is *SCHIDX.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025179" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025179"></a>indication</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In OSI, a service primitive
|
||
|
|
issued by a service provider to call a procedure by a service user.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025184" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025184"></a>indicator</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) A 1-character or 2-character
|
||
|
|
code that is used by a program to test a field or record or to tell when certain
|
||
|
|
operations are to be performed.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) In the RPG licensed program, a
|
||
|
|
2-character code that is used as a logical variable or statement label.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(3) An internal switch used by a program to remember when a certain event
|
||
|
|
occurs and what to do when that event occurs.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002446" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002446"></a>indicator variable</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A variable used
|
||
|
|
to represent the null value in an application program. If the value for the
|
||
|
|
selected column is null, a negative value is placed in the indicator variable.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025198" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025198"></a>indirect destination</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In CICS®, a type of
|
||
|
|
transient data destination that points to another destination within the destination
|
||
|
|
control table, rather than directly to a queue. Indirect destinations allow
|
||
|
|
you to refer to a single real destination by more than one name.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025203" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025203"></a>individual address</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In communications,
|
||
|
|
an address associated with a particular station on the network. See also <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2024019">group address</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2044906" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2044906"></a>INFDS</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2022810">file information data structure</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025222" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025222"></a>infinity</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A name referring to an indefinitely
|
||
|
|
great number.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025227" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025227"></a>informational event</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In OSI, an event
|
||
|
|
that is a part of normal operation but that may be of interest to an observer.
|
||
|
|
Information events are logged but do not generate a message to the operator.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025232" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025232"></a>informational message</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A message that
|
||
|
|
provides information about the system and is not the result of an error condition.
|
||
|
|
This message does not require a response.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025237" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025237"></a>information area</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A part of a window
|
||
|
|
in which information about the object or choice that the cursor is on is displayed.
|
||
|
|
The information area can also contain a message about the normal completion
|
||
|
|
of a process.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025242" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025242"></a>Information Assistant</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A function
|
||
|
|
of the i5/OS operating system that allows users to access information about
|
||
|
|
the server. It provides options to start the online education function and
|
||
|
|
the question-and-answer (Q & A) database and also to set a function key
|
||
|
|
to run IBMLINK.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025247" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025247"></a>information category</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>IBM-defined
|
||
|
|
grouping of online books into a bookshelf. The books in the bookshelf can
|
||
|
|
be accessed using the InfoSeeker function on the server or by workstations
|
||
|
|
using the IBM Library Reader™ licensed program or the BookManager® licensed
|
||
|
|
program.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025252" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025252"></a>information display</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A display that
|
||
|
|
presents information to a user, such as the status of the system, but that
|
||
|
|
rarely requests a response.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025257" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025257"></a>information element</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In ISDN, the
|
||
|
|
messages that are exchanged over the D-channel between the system and ISDN.
|
||
|
|
For example, when a call is set up, a message is sent to the network containing
|
||
|
|
several information elements, one of which is the number of the remote system.
|
||
|
|
Other information elements may be present.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025262" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025262"></a>information frame (I frame)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In communications,
|
||
|
|
a transmission frame that is sequentially numbered and used to transmit data.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025267" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025267"></a>Information Presentation Facility (IPF)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A tool used to create online help on a programmable workstation. This
|
||
|
|
tool is used by the application programmer and the information author.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025272" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025272"></a>Information Presentation Facility file (IPF file)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The source file in which the application help is stored.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025277" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025277"></a>information system</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A system that
|
||
|
|
consists of people, machines, voice communications, data communications, and
|
||
|
|
methods organized to accomplish specified operations on data that represent
|
||
|
|
information. Information systems support the running of the customer's business,
|
||
|
|
but do not necessarily make up the customer's business.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002481" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002481"></a>inheritance</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An object-oriented programming
|
||
|
|
technique that allows the use of existing classes as a basis for creating
|
||
|
|
other classes.</dd>
|
||
|
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<dt id="x2025293" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025293"></a>initial chaining value</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In Cryptographic
|
||
|
|
Support, an 8-byte, pseudo-random number used to start a cipher block chaining
|
||
|
|
operation.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025298" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025298"></a>initialization file</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An OSI Communications
|
||
|
|
Subsystem file that contains a set of commands that activate OSI Communications
|
||
|
|
Subsystem resources each time OSI Communications Subsystem is started.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025303" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025303"></a>initialization stall</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In CICS, a wait that
|
||
|
|
occurs during initialization when a CICS system appears to be running normally
|
||
|
|
but is not actually progressing through the various stages of initialization.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025308" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025308"></a>initialize</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>To set the addresses,
|
||
|
|
switches, or the contents of storage to zero, or to the starting value set
|
||
|
|
by the manufacturer.</dd>
|
||
|
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<dt id="x2025313" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025313"></a>initial menu</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The menu that is specified
|
||
|
|
in the user profile to be the first menu displayed after a user signs on.</dd>
|
||
|
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<dt id="x2025318" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025318"></a>initial program</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) A user-profile program
|
||
|
|
that runs when the user signs on and after the command processor program QCMD
|
||
|
|
is started. QCMD calls the first program.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) In COBOL, a program
|
||
|
|
that is placed into an initial state every time the program is called in a
|
||
|
|
run unit.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025326" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025326"></a>initial program load (IPL)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The process
|
||
|
|
that loads the system programs from the system auxiliary storage, checks the
|
||
|
|
system hardware, and prepares the system for user operations.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025331" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025331"></a>initial state</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, the state
|
||
|
|
of a program when it is first called in a run unit.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025336" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025336"></a>initial thread</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The thread that is
|
||
|
|
started automatically by the system when a job or process is started. Every
|
||
|
|
job has at least one thread. That thread is also referred to as the primary
|
||
|
|
thread. Threads other than the initial thread are referred to as secondary
|
||
|
|
threads. If the initial thread ends, it causes all secondary threads and the
|
||
|
|
job to end. See also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2037964">secondary thread</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025341" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025341"></a>initiation queue</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A local queue on
|
||
|
|
which the queue manager puts trigger messages.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025346" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025346"></a>initiator</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) The role of a node using
|
||
|
|
the two-phase commit protocol when its local transaction program issues a
|
||
|
|
commit operation that begins the two-phase commit flows. It is the root node
|
||
|
|
of a transaction program network. See also <a href="rzaatr.htm#x2037016">responder</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) In OSI Communications Subsystem, the application entity
|
||
|
|
that starts an application association.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(3) A key server that requests
|
||
|
|
a dynamic virtual private network (VPN) connection between two endpoints.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025357" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025357"></a>inline</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Pertaining to spooled input
|
||
|
|
data that is read into a job by a reader.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025362" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025362"></a>inline data file</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A file created by
|
||
|
|
a Data (//DATA) command that is included as part of a job when the job is
|
||
|
|
read from an input device or a database file. The file is deleted when the
|
||
|
|
job ends.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025367" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025367"></a>input field</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) An area in a presentation
|
||
|
|
space into which the program accepts input. An identifiable area in a window,
|
||
|
|
such as an entry field where a user types text or a field of radio buttons
|
||
|
|
from which the user selects one choice in the field. An area, next to a menu
|
||
|
|
system prompt, in which the user enters a response to the prompt.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) A field specified in a display file or database file that is reserved for
|
||
|
|
information supplied by a user. See also <a href="rzaato.htm#x2032727">output field</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025372" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025372"></a>input file</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A file that has been opened
|
||
|
|
in order to allow records to be read.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025380" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025380"></a>input mode</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, the state of
|
||
|
|
a file after running an OPEN statement, with the INPUT phrase specified for
|
||
|
|
that file, and before running a CLOSE statement, without the REEL or UNIT
|
||
|
|
phrase specified for that file.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025408" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025408"></a>input/output (I/O)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Pertaining to
|
||
|
|
a device, process, channel, or communication path involved in data input,
|
||
|
|
data output, or both.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025385" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025385"></a>input/output adapter ( IOA I/O adapter)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) For devices, the electrical circuits on a logic card that connect one
|
||
|
|
device to another.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) A functional unit or a part of an I/O controller
|
||
|
|
that connects devices to an I/O processor.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025393" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025393"></a>input/output channel (I/O channel)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In a data processing system, a functional unit, controlled by the processing
|
||
|
|
unit, that transfers data between main storage and attached devices.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025398" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025398"></a>input/output controller (IOC I/O controller)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A functional unit that combines the I/O processor and one or
|
||
|
|
more I/O adapters, and directly connects and controls one or more input or
|
||
|
|
output devices.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2235519" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2235519"></a>input/output data</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Data provided to
|
||
|
|
the computer or data resulting from computer processing.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2085776" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2085776"></a>input/output file</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A file opened for
|
||
|
|
input and output use.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025413" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025413"></a>input/output processor (IOP I/O processor)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A processor dedicated to controlling channels or communication links.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025418" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025418"></a>input/output section</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, the
|
||
|
|
section of the Environment Division that names the files and external media
|
||
|
|
needed by an application program. It also provides information required for
|
||
|
|
sending and handling data when the program is run.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025423" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025423"></a>input/output statement</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL,
|
||
|
|
a statement that causes files to be processed by performing operations on
|
||
|
|
individual records or on the file as a unit. The input-output statements are
|
||
|
|
ACCEPT, CLOSE, DELETE, DISPLAY, OPEN, READ, REWRITE, SET (with the TO ON or
|
||
|
|
TO OFF phrase), START, and WRITE.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025428" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025428"></a>input PIN-protection key</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In Cryptographic
|
||
|
|
Support, a key-encrypting key that encrypts a personal identification number
|
||
|
|
(PIN) that is received from another location. While a PIN is being used on
|
||
|
|
the system, it remains encrypted under the input PIN-protection key.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2304224" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2304224"></a>input specification</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The means by
|
||
|
|
which a programmer describes input records and their fields, adds RPG functions
|
||
|
|
to an externally described file, or defines a data structure and its subfields.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025438" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025438"></a>input stream</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) In RJE, data sent to
|
||
|
|
the host system. See also <a href="rzaato.htm#x2032773">output stream</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) A group of records submitted as a batch job that contains CL commands
|
||
|
|
for one or more jobs or data from one or more inline data files.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025446" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025446"></a>inquiry message</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A message that gives
|
||
|
|
information and requests a reply.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025451" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025451"></a>inquiry mode</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An operation during
|
||
|
|
which the current job running from a display station is interrupted so that
|
||
|
|
other work can be done. The operator presses the Attn key to put the display
|
||
|
|
station in inquiry mode.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025456" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025456"></a>inquiry program</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) A program that allows
|
||
|
|
an operator to get information from a disk file.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) A program that
|
||
|
|
runs while the system is in inquiry mode.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025464" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025464"></a>insert mode</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A keyboard operation
|
||
|
|
that puts new text within existing text at the cursor position.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002511" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002511"></a>insert rule</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A condition enforced
|
||
|
|
by the database manager that must be met before a row can be inserted into
|
||
|
|
a table.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002516" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002516"></a>insert trigger</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A trigger that is
|
||
|
|
activated upon the event of an insert operation on the base table.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025469" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025469"></a>installable object</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An object that
|
||
|
|
contains a combination of the objects to be installed and list of the objects
|
||
|
|
to be installed, associated with the name of the target library, folder, or
|
||
|
|
path where they must be created when the installable object is installed.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025474" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025474"></a>installation device</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A tape or optical
|
||
|
|
device [CD-ROM or a digital video disc (DVD)] that is used on a type D IPL
|
||
|
|
to load Licensed Internal Code (LIC) segments into main storage. The installation
|
||
|
|
device must be on the same input/output processor (IOP) as the load source.
|
||
|
|
This device can be used to load LIC code from the tape or optical device onto
|
||
|
|
the load source during restore or installation operations.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025479" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025479"></a>installation diskette</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In iSeries Access, the
|
||
|
|
diskette or set of diskettes that are used to install iSeries Access.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025484" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025484"></a>installation IPL</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The process of loading
|
||
|
|
code into main storage and preparing for system operation from an input/output
|
||
|
|
hardware unit other than the system's primary load-source disk unit. This
|
||
|
|
is also referred to as a type D IPL or D-mode IPL.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025489" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025489"></a>installation media</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The media used
|
||
|
|
in the installation of software, usually CD/ROM, CD-R, or tape media provided
|
||
|
|
by IBM or another supplier for the purpose of distributing software to customers.
|
||
|
|
See also <a href="rzaatd.htm#x2020999">distribution media</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025494" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025494"></a>installation profile</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An object that
|
||
|
|
can be tailored and used to control the automatic installation of a system.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025499" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025499"></a>installation verification procedure (IVP)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A program or programs that are run at the end of installation of an IBM licensed
|
||
|
|
program, in order to verify that the program is working correctly.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002531" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002531"></a>instance</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) An object in the category
|
||
|
|
that is represented by a class.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) In Java, an object of a particular class.
|
||
|
|
In Java programs, an instance of a class is created by using the new operator
|
||
|
|
followed by the class name.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025510" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025510"></a>instance ID</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In query management,
|
||
|
|
an identifier in the communications area. An instance ID is used to identify
|
||
|
|
a particular query instance being used by an application program.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025515" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025515"></a>instance method</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) In Java,
|
||
|
|
any method that is started with respect to an instance of a class.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) A method valid for an object instance. An instance method that an object
|
||
|
|
responds to is defined by the object's class or is inherited from an ancestor
|
||
|
|
class. See also <a href="rzaatc.htm#x2016865">class method</a>, <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2072397">factory method</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025523" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025523"></a>instance parameter</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A configuration
|
||
|
|
value or setting that is specified for a server instance.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025533" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025533"></a>instance variable</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A variable declared
|
||
|
|
for use within the method procedures of a class.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2056697" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2056697"></a>Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
|
||
|
|
(IEEE)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A professional society accredited by the American National
|
||
|
|
Standards Institute (ANSI) to issue standards for the electronics industry.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025538" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025538"></a>instruction</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) In COBOL, one or more
|
||
|
|
clauses, the first of which starts with a keyword that identifies the instruction.
|
||
|
|
Instructions affect the flow of control, provide services to the programmer,
|
||
|
|
or both.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) A program statement that specifies an operation to be
|
||
|
|
performed by the computer, along with the values or locations of operands.
|
||
|
|
This statement represents the programmer's request to the processor to perform
|
||
|
|
a specific operation. [OSF]</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(3) In REXX, one or more clauses that
|
||
|
|
describe some course of action to be taken by the language processor. Instructions
|
||
|
|
may be assignments, keyword instructions, or commands.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025549" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025549"></a>instruction address register (IAR)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A register in the processor that contains the address of the next instruction
|
||
|
|
to be processed.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2235627" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2235627"></a>insynch</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In cross-site mirroring,
|
||
|
|
pertaining to the mirror copy data state that indicates that the production
|
||
|
|
and mirror copy have exactly the same contents.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025554" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025554"></a>integer</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) A positive or negative whole
|
||
|
|
number, or zero.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) In COBOL, a numeric constant or a numeric data
|
||
|
|
item that does not include any digit position to the right of the assumed
|
||
|
|
decimal point.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(3) In DB2 UDB for iSeries, a data type indicating that the data
|
||
|
|
is a binary number with a precision of 31 bits.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025565" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025565"></a>integrated file system</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A function
|
||
|
|
of i5/OS that supports stream input/output and storage management similar
|
||
|
|
to personal computer and UNIX® operating systems, while providing an integrating
|
||
|
|
structure over all information stored in a server.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025580" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025580"></a>Integrated Language Environment (ILE)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A set of constructs and interfaces that provides a
|
||
|
|
common run-time environment and run-time bindable application program interfaces
|
||
|
|
(APIs) for all ILE-conforming high-level languages.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025570" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025570"></a>Integrated Language Environment C (ILE C)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An IBM licensed program that is the C programming
|
||
|
|
language available on the server. The ILE C licensed program uses the ILE
|
||
|
|
model.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025575" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025575"></a>Integrated Language Environment COBOL (ILE COBOL)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The IBM licensed program that is the COBOL programming
|
||
|
|
language available on the server, including system-specific functions.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025585" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025585"></a>Integrated Language Environment RPG (ILE RPG)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An IBM-licensed program that includes a set
|
||
|
|
of RPG compilers to be used for commercial and business applications on the iSeries system. The compilers include: System/36E RPG (RPG II), System/38™ RPG (RPG
|
||
|
|
III), RPG/400® (RPG III), and ILE RPG (RPG IV).</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025599" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025599"></a>integrated services</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A quality-of-service
|
||
|
|
policy that uses the resource reservation setup protocol (RSVP) to provide
|
||
|
|
end-to-end traffic management. In integrated services, an application requests
|
||
|
|
resources from a network. The network handles the data by request.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025604" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025604"></a>Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An international communications standard for sending voice, video, and
|
||
|
|
data over digital telephone lines.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025590" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025590"></a>Integrated xSeries® Server for iSeries</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An adapter that has an Intel® processor and PC memory on a system board. This
|
||
|
|
adapter also uses a local area network (LAN) adapter card. Integrated xSeries Server for iSeries (formerly called Integrated Netfinity® Server)
|
||
|
|
shares disk storage, CD-ROM, and tape drives on iSeries and is designed to run Windows NT® Server 4.0 or Windows® 2000.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025614" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025614"></a>Integration for Windows Server</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An IBM licensed program
|
||
|
|
that allows users to combine Microsoft® Windows NT Server and i5/OS in a single
|
||
|
|
system footprint. Integration for Windows Server can help reduce the cost
|
||
|
|
and complexity of PC servers and better manage the delivery of personal productivity
|
||
|
|
applications.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025619" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025619"></a>integrity</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In computer security, assurance
|
||
|
|
that the information that arrives at a destination is the same as the information
|
||
|
|
that was sent.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025629" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025629"></a>integrity protection</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The set of controls
|
||
|
|
that prevents users from accessing or changing any objects on the system,
|
||
|
|
including user data, except by using the system-provided interfaces that enforce
|
||
|
|
authority rules.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2056725" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2056725"></a>intelligent agent</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A Java-based software
|
||
|
|
component that is capable of learning certain behaviors over time through
|
||
|
|
complex autonomic algorithms. Intelligent agents can have many different capabilities,
|
||
|
|
from simply monitoring for certain events to more complex actions like analyzing
|
||
|
|
network problems, monitoring disk space, or managing storage.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025634" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025634"></a>intelligent peripheral interface (IPI)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A standard developed by ANSI that defines the electrical, data link
|
||
|
|
protocol, and functional interfaces.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025639" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025639"></a>Intelligent Printer Data
|
||
|
|
Stream (IPDS)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An all-points-addressable data stream that allows users
|
||
|
|
to position text, images, graphics, and bar codes at any defined point on
|
||
|
|
a printed page. IPDS is the strategic AFP printer data stream generated by PSF.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2391801" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2391801"></a>intelligent routing</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The distribution
|
||
|
|
of output from the PDF subsystem in multiple ways based on values specified
|
||
|
|
in a mapping program and the Print Services Facility™ (PSF) configuration
|
||
|
|
object. The entire input spooled file or any segment of the input spooled
|
||
|
|
file is electronically mailed as a PDF file, stored as a PDF stream file in
|
||
|
|
the integrated file system, spooled as a PDF file, spooled as an Advanced Function Presentation™ (AFP) file, or any combination of those. See also <a href="rzaatm.htm#x2391806">mapping program</a>, <a href="rzaatp.htm#x2391811">PDF subsystem</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025647" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025647"></a>interactive</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Pertaining to the dialog-like
|
||
|
|
exchange of information between people and a computer. See also <a href="rzaatb.htm#x2015214">batch</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025652" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025652"></a>interactive data definition utility (IDDU)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A function of the operating system that can be used to externally define
|
||
|
|
the characteristics of data and the contents of files.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025657" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025657"></a>interactive job</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A job started for
|
||
|
|
a person who signs on to a work station. In the capacity planning tool, interactive
|
||
|
|
jobs cause interactive and non-interactive transactions. See also <a href="rzaatb.htm#x2015234">batch job</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025662" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025662"></a>interactive mode</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In query management,
|
||
|
|
the query mode associated with a query instance that allows users to interact
|
||
|
|
with the query commands while a procedure is running.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025667" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025667"></a>interactive processing</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A processing
|
||
|
|
method in which each operator action causes a response from the program or
|
||
|
|
the system. See also <a href="rzaatb.htm#x2015244">batch processing</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025672" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025672"></a>interactive source debugger (ISDB)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A function of the Application Development ToolSet licensed program that is
|
||
|
|
used for source-level debugging of programs on i5/OS.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025677" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025677"></a>Interactive SQL (ISQL)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A function
|
||
|
|
of the DB2 UDB Query Manager and SQL Development Kit licensed program that allows
|
||
|
|
SQL statements to run dynamically instead of in batch mode. Every interactive
|
||
|
|
SQL statement is read from the work station, prepared, and run dynamically.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025682" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025682"></a>interactive subsystem</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A subsystem
|
||
|
|
in which interactive jobs are processed.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025687" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025687"></a>interactive terminal facility (ITF)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An asynchronous communications function that allows a server to communicate
|
||
|
|
with applications that can send and receive data, such as electronic mail,
|
||
|
|
memos, library members, and data files.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2207810" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2207810"></a>interactive transaction</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The work
|
||
|
|
done by the system when the Enter key or a function key is pressed. See also <a href="rzaatn.htm#x2031613">noninteractive transaction</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025692" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025692"></a>interactive user profile</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An area
|
||
|
|
used by some IBM licensed programs to store information between successive calls of
|
||
|
|
those programs (such as the file and library last used, or the setup last
|
||
|
|
used).</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025697" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025697"></a>interblock gap (IBG)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An area or space
|
||
|
|
on a data medium (tape or diskette) to indicate the end of a physical record
|
||
|
|
or block. The space between records on a storage medium.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025702" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025702"></a>intercept</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In a GDDM chart, a method
|
||
|
|
of describing the position of one axis relative to another. For example, the
|
||
|
|
horizontal axis can be specified so that it intercepts (crosses) the vertical
|
||
|
|
axis at the bottom, middle, or top of the plotting area of a chart.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025707" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025707"></a>interchange document profile (IDP)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The Document Interchange Architecture object that contains information associated
|
||
|
|
with each document. For example, the interchange document profile can contain
|
||
|
|
authors, keywords, dates, and so on. The interchange document profile is one
|
||
|
|
of many model objects that DIA has defined to keep information about the document.
|
||
|
|
A profile consists of a set of subprofiles.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025712" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025712"></a>interchange format</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A print descriptor
|
||
|
|
naming convention required to send a print descriptor from one system to another.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025717" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025717"></a>interchange group separator (IGS)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A character used to indicate that blanks were removed from a string of data
|
||
|
|
and are to be reinserted.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025722" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025722"></a>interface</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) The hardware or software
|
||
|
|
that links differing systems, programs or devices.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) In Java,
|
||
|
|
a group of methods that can be implemented by several classes, regardless
|
||
|
|
of where the classes are in the class hierarchy.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025739" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025739"></a>interface data unit (IDU)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In OSI,
|
||
|
|
data contained in a buffer passed between layers.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025764" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025764"></a>interface name</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A logical name for
|
||
|
|
an Ethernet or token-ring line that is created when TCP/IP is installed on
|
||
|
|
the server. Each name is unique and consists of 1 to 128 characters.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2085990" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2085990"></a>Interface Repository (IR)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A byte-stream
|
||
|
|
file that contains the data used to build the run-time objects.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025774" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025774"></a>interface specification</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Internet
|
||
|
|
Protocol (IP) information that is used to transfer data in a network. Examples
|
||
|
|
of IP information include an address, network mask, line description, line
|
||
|
|
type, current status, maximum transmission unit, and type of service.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025787" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025787"></a>Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An Internet protocol that is used by gateways in an autonomous system to transfer
|
||
|
|
routing information.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025792" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025792"></a>intermediate assistance level</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The
|
||
|
|
type of displays that supports all system tasks and uses computer terminology.
|
||
|
|
Complicated tasks can be done using the intermediate assistance level.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025797" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025797"></a>intermediate block check</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In BSC,
|
||
|
|
a check that verifies each record, rather than the contents of the total block,
|
||
|
|
when large blocks of data are received.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025807" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025807"></a>intermediate representation of a program</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The result of the first translation phase of language compilers for
|
||
|
|
the extended program model. The intermediate representation of a program is
|
||
|
|
in the form of machine instruction source and is used as the input to the
|
||
|
|
compiler's final phase, the program resolution monitor.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025812" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025812"></a>intermediate routing function</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A routing
|
||
|
|
function that allows a network location to receive session data from an adjacent
|
||
|
|
location and route it to the next location on the session path.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025817" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025817"></a>intermediate system</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatr.htm#x2036511">relay open system</a>. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013221">adjacent destination
|
||
|
|
node</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025822" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025822"></a>intermediate system routing</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In OSI,
|
||
|
|
the process of selecting the intermediate systems through which a CLNS connection
|
||
|
|
is to be routed. A set of quality-of-service values specifies the basis to
|
||
|
|
be used in routing the connection.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025827" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025827"></a>intermediate-text-block character (ITB character)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The BSC transmission control character used to divide a block
|
||
|
|
of text into smaller groups of text for an intermediate block check.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025832" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025832"></a>internal data</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(1) Data that is recognized
|
||
|
|
only by the procedure or OPM program that defines it. Local data is deleted
|
||
|
|
when the procedure returns control to the calling program or procedure. See
|
||
|
|
also <a href="rzaate.htm#x2027492">external data</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dd>(2) In COBOL, the data
|
||
|
|
described in a program excluding all external data items and external file
|
||
|
|
connectors. Items described in the Linkage Section of a program are handled
|
||
|
|
as internal data.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2044938" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2044938"></a>internal decimal item</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatp.htm#x2032897">packed decimal format</a>. See also <a href="rzaatz.htm#x2043488">zoned decimal format</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025844" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025844"></a>internal file connector</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL,
|
||
|
|
a file connector that is accessible to only one program in the run unit.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025849" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025849"></a>internal local area network (ILAN)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A local area network (LAN) that allows APPC and APPN communications between
|
||
|
|
operating systems running on the same system without requiring a physical
|
||
|
|
communications link. The connection takes place within the lower levels of
|
||
|
|
the software. Communications to other systems requires a physical link.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025854" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025854"></a>internal microprogram instruction (IMPI)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The complex instruction set computer (CISC) processor on which the licensed
|
||
|
|
programs run.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025859" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025859"></a>internal object</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An object that the
|
||
|
|
system program uses to store the information needed to perform some system
|
||
|
|
functions. Internal objects cannot be displayed by a user. For example, you
|
||
|
|
cannot use a display command (like the Display Library [DSPLIB] command) to
|
||
|
|
display internal objects. See also <a href="rzaate.htm#x2027550">external object</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025864" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025864"></a>internal routine</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In REXX, a routine
|
||
|
|
that exists inside the user's program and is identified by a label.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025869" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025869"></a>internal space object</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An index that
|
||
|
|
tracks the internal space objects that store message information. The internal
|
||
|
|
space object is an internal object that is automatically created in QUSRSYS
|
||
|
|
when the Start Mail Server Framework (STRMSF) command is used.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025874" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025874"></a>internal storage</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>All main and auxiliary
|
||
|
|
storage in the system.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025879" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025879"></a>internal system journal</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A journal
|
||
|
|
that is used by IBM programs to manage and recover some system functions
|
||
|
|
such as system-managed access-path protection. Internal system journals cannot
|
||
|
|
be used explicitly by users.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025884" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025884"></a>internal trace</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In CICS, an option
|
||
|
|
whereby trace entries are written to an internal control region table. The
|
||
|
|
table, which can be specified to wrap when full, is most appropriate if the
|
||
|
|
user does not need to capture a large number of trace entries.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025889" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025889"></a>internationalization</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The process
|
||
|
|
of designing and developing a software product to function in multiple locales.
|
||
|
|
This process involves identifying the locales that must be supported, designing
|
||
|
|
features to support those locales, and writing code that functions equally
|
||
|
|
well in any of the supported locales. Internationalized applications store
|
||
|
|
their text in external resources and use locale-sensitive utilities for formatting
|
||
|
|
and collation.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025894" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025894"></a>internationalized</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In national language
|
||
|
|
support, pertaining to a program that can operate in all language environments
|
||
|
|
without any change to the program.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2056874" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2056874"></a>International Organization for Standardization
|
||
|
|
(ISO)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An international body charged with creating standards to
|
||
|
|
facilitate the exchange of goods and services as well as cooperation in intellectual,
|
||
|
|
scientific, technological, and economic activity. A notable example of such
|
||
|
|
a standard is the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, a standard for
|
||
|
|
network architecture. ISO members are designated standards organizations of
|
||
|
|
participating nations. ISO is responsible for creating standards for industry
|
||
|
|
in many areas except electrical/electrotechnical, which is covered by the
|
||
|
|
IEC, and telecommunications, which is covered by the ITU. ISO was founded
|
||
|
|
in 1946.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2109303" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2109303"></a>International Organization for Standardization/International
|
||
|
|
Electrotechnical Commission 10646 UCS-2 level 1 (ISO/IEC 10646)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An international encoding scheme that has full character data integrity with
|
||
|
|
Unicode. ISO/IEC 10646 assigns 16 bits for each character, which can be used
|
||
|
|
to represent most of the written languages in the world. The ISO/IEC 10646
|
||
|
|
character set is supported by the iSeries system with a fixed character set.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025899" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025899"></a>International Program License Agreement (IPLA)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A licensing program that regulates the sale and purchase of licensed
|
||
|
|
programs.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025904" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025904"></a>international standard</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A standards
|
||
|
|
document that is given final approval by the International Organization for
|
||
|
|
Standardization.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025909" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025909"></a>internet</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In TCP/IP, a collection
|
||
|
|
of interconnected networks that function as a single, large network.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025914" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025914"></a>Internet</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The worldwide collection
|
||
|
|
of interconnected networks that use the Internet suite of protocols and permit
|
||
|
|
public access.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025927" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025927"></a>Internet Architecture Board (IAB)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The technical body that oversees (at a high level) the work of the Internet
|
||
|
|
Engineering Task Force (IETF). The IAB approves the membership of the IETF.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2210329" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2210329"></a>Internet client</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A program (or user)
|
||
|
|
that uses the Internet to make requests of and to receive results from an
|
||
|
|
Internet server program. Different client programs are available to request
|
||
|
|
different types of Internet services. A Web browser is one type of client
|
||
|
|
program. File transfer protocol (FTP) is another.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025937" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025937"></a>Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An Internet protocol that is used by a gateway to communicate with a
|
||
|
|
source host, for example, to report an error in a datagram.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025942" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025942"></a>Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The task force of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) that is responsible
|
||
|
|
for solving the short-term engineering needs of the Internet. The IETF consists
|
||
|
|
of numerous working groups, each focused on a particular problem. Internet
|
||
|
|
standards are typically developed or reviewed by individual working groups
|
||
|
|
before they can become standards.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025947" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025947"></a>Internet host</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A computer that is
|
||
|
|
connected to the Internet or an intranet. An Internet host might run more
|
||
|
|
than one Internet server program. For example, the Internet host might run
|
||
|
|
an FTP server to respond to requests from FTP client applications. The same
|
||
|
|
host might run an HTTP server to respond to requests from clients who are
|
||
|
|
using Web browsers. Server programs typically run in the background (in batch)
|
||
|
|
on the host system.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025952" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025952"></a>Internet Key Exchange (IKE)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A protocol
|
||
|
|
that, when used with IPSec, supports the automatic negotiation of security
|
||
|
|
associations as well as the automatic generation and refresh of cryptographic
|
||
|
|
keys. Generally, IKE is used as part of virtual private networking.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025957" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025957"></a>Internet Message Access Protocol</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A protocol that allows a client to retrieve and manipulate mail messages that
|
||
|
|
are stored on a server.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025962" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025962"></a>Internet name</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An alias for an IP
|
||
|
|
address. An IP address is in long numeric form and is difficult to remember,
|
||
|
|
such as 10.5.100.75. You can assign this IP address to an Internet name, such
|
||
|
|
as system1.vnet.ibm.com. An Internet name is also called a fully qualified
|
||
|
|
domain name. When you see an advertisement that says Visit our home page,
|
||
|
|
the home page address includes the Internet name, not the IP address, because
|
||
|
|
the Internet name is easier to remember.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002574" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002574"></a>Internet Protocol (IP)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A protocol
|
||
|
|
that routes data through a network or interconnected networks. Internet Protocol
|
||
|
|
(IP) acts as an intermediary between the higher protocol layers and the physical
|
||
|
|
network. See also <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041973">Transmission Control Protocol</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025970" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025970"></a>Internet Protocol address</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2002627">IP address</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025975" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025975"></a>Internet Security Association and Key Management
|
||
|
|
Protocol (ISAKMP)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A protocol that provides the mechanism to establish
|
||
|
|
Security Associations (SA) and cryptographic keys in an Internet environment.
|
||
|
|
ISAKMP establishes the security characteristics and cryptographic keys to
|
||
|
|
be used in a virtual private network (VPN).</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025980" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025980"></a>Internet server</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A program (or set
|
||
|
|
of programs) that accepts requests from corresponding client programs over
|
||
|
|
the Internet and responds to those clients over the Internet.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2057135" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2057135"></a>Internet service provider (ISP)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An organization that provides access to the Internet.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025990" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025990"></a>Internet suite of protocols</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Networking
|
||
|
|
standards defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), for example,
|
||
|
|
TCP/IP. The official list of Internet protocols is at http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcxx00.html</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002579" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002579"></a>Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A connectionless datagram protocol, used in a NetWare LAN environment, to
|
||
|
|
transfer data to a remote node. IPX makes a best-effort attempt to send data
|
||
|
|
packets, but does not guarantee reliable delivery of the data.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2025995" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2025995"></a>Internetwork Packet Exchange protocol (IPX protocol)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A datagram, connectionless network-layered protocol, which means
|
||
|
|
that each data packet is an autonomous unit. Packet acknowledgment, or connection
|
||
|
|
control, is provided by protocols above IPX. IPX defines internetwork and
|
||
|
|
intranode addressing schemes, while relying on the network hardware for the
|
||
|
|
definition of node addressing.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026000" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026000"></a>Internetwork Packet Exchange Support</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The i5/OS implementation of the NetWare communications protocols. These protocols
|
||
|
|
include Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX), Sequenced Packet Exchange (SPX),
|
||
|
|
Router Information Protocol (RIP), and Service Advertising Protocol (SAP),
|
||
|
|
NetWare Link Service Protocol (NLSP), and other related NetWare functions.
|
||
|
|
This set of communications protocols supports peer-to-peer connectivity functions
|
||
|
|
in both local area networks and wide area networks.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026005" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026005"></a>interoperability</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The capability to
|
||
|
|
communicate, run programs, or transfer data among various functional units
|
||
|
|
in a way that requires the user to have little or no knowledge of the unique
|
||
|
|
characteristics of those units.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026015" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026015"></a>interpreter</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A program that translates
|
||
|
|
and runs each instruction of a high-level programming language before it translates
|
||
|
|
and runs the next instruction.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026022" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026022"></a>interprocess communication (IPC)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The process by which programs communicate data to each other and synchronize
|
||
|
|
their activities. Semaphores, signals, and internal message queues are common
|
||
|
|
methods of interprocess communication.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026027" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026027"></a>interrecord-separator character (IRS)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In BSC, a transmission control character that is used to separate records
|
||
|
|
within a block of data.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2200277" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2200277"></a>interregion communication (IRC)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The method by which CICS provides communication between a CICS region and
|
||
|
|
another region in the same processor. Used for multiregion operation (MRO).
|
||
|
|
See also <a href="rzaati.htm#x2057184">intersystem communication</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2057160" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2057160"></a>interrupt</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A signal sent by an I/O
|
||
|
|
device to the processor when an error has occurred or when assistance is needed
|
||
|
|
to complete I/O. An interrupt usually suspends the running of the program
|
||
|
|
that is currently running.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2057184" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2057184"></a>intersystem communication (ISC)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A CICS facility that provides inbound and outbound support for communication
|
||
|
|
from other computer systems. See also <a href="rzaati.htm#x2200277">interregion communication</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026037" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026037"></a>intersystem communications function (ICF)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A function of the operating system that allows a program to communicate
|
||
|
|
interactively with another program or system.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026047" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026047"></a>interval control</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In CICS, a facility
|
||
|
|
that handles, synchronizes, and initiates the tasks requested by user application
|
||
|
|
programs and CICS internal service routines.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026052" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026052"></a>interval control element (ICE)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An
|
||
|
|
entry under CICS interval control that is waiting in an unexpired state. Its defined
|
||
|
|
date and time (to become current) are in the future. When an ICE expires it
|
||
|
|
becomes an automatic initiation descriptor (AID).</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026057" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026057"></a>intranet</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An organization's internal
|
||
|
|
network that uses the IP protocol.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026062" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026062"></a>intrapartition destination</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In CICS, a type of transient data queue used subsequently as input data to another
|
||
|
|
task within CICS.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026067" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026067"></a>intrarecord data structure</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL,
|
||
|
|
the entire collection of groups and elementary data items from a logical record
|
||
|
|
that is defined by an adjacent subset of the data description entries that
|
||
|
|
describe that record. These data description entries include all entries whose
|
||
|
|
level-number is greater than the level-number of the first data description
|
||
|
|
entry describing the intrarecord data structure.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026072" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026072"></a>intrasystem communications</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A function
|
||
|
|
that allows two programs that are running in two different jobs on the same
|
||
|
|
system to communicate with each other through an ICF file.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026077" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026077"></a>intrinsic</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Belonging to the essential
|
||
|
|
nature of a thing.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026086" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026086"></a>INVALID KEY condition</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, a
|
||
|
|
run-time condition in which the value of a key for an indexed or direct file
|
||
|
|
does not give a correct reference to the file.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026091" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026091"></a>invariant</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Pertaining to constraints
|
||
|
|
on a set of data values that must always be satisfied. A single data value
|
||
|
|
may be constrained (for example, x > 5) or the relationships between the data
|
||
|
|
values may be constrained (for example, x > y).</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002614" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002614"></a>invariant character set</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A character
|
||
|
|
set, such as the syntactic character set, whose code point assignments do
|
||
|
|
not change from code page to code page</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026099" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026099"></a>inverse</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Opposite in order, nature,
|
||
|
|
or effect.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026104" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026104"></a>inverted HDLC</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The conversion of 0-bits
|
||
|
|
to 1-bits, and vice versa, to guarantee the transmission of data at the data
|
||
|
|
link layer. The data link control protocol must be an HDLC-based protocol.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026109" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026109"></a>invite-program-device operation</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An input/output operation that invites an acquired program device to send
|
||
|
|
input to a program and returns control to the program without waiting for
|
||
|
|
the input to arrive.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2394605" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2394605"></a>I/O</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025408">input/output</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026181" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026181"></a>IO1</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A data tower of an Intelligent Printer Data
|
||
|
|
Stream (IPDS) construct that represents image data. Both IM1 and IO1 represent
|
||
|
|
a raster pattern, but IO1 commands provide additional functions.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026123" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026123"></a>IOA</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025385">input/output
|
||
|
|
adapter</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026127" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026127"></a>I/O adapter</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025385">input/output adapter</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026131" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026131"></a>IOC</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025398">input/output
|
||
|
|
controller</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026135" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026135"></a>IOCA</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2024943">Image
|
||
|
|
Object Content Architecture</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026139" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026139"></a>I/O card Licensed Internal Code</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The Licensed Internal Code in a controller or adapter card.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2086144" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2086144"></a>I/O channel</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025393">input/output channel</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026144" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026144"></a>I-O control</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, the name of
|
||
|
|
the header for an Environment Division paragraph in which program requirements
|
||
|
|
for specific input/output techniques are specified. These techniques include
|
||
|
|
checkpoints, the sharing of the same areas by several data files, and multiple
|
||
|
|
file storage on a single input/output device.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026149" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026149"></a>I/O controller</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025398">input/output controller</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026153" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026153"></a>I/O feedback area</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In the C language,
|
||
|
|
an area made up of two sections: the common area and the file-dependent area.
|
||
|
|
The common area contains information about I/O operations performed on the
|
||
|
|
file, such as the number of operations performed and which operation was performed
|
||
|
|
last. The file-dependent area contains file-specific information for display,
|
||
|
|
database, printer, and ICF files.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026158" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026158"></a>I-O mode</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, an open mode where
|
||
|
|
records can be read from, written to, or removed from the file.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026163" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026163"></a>IOP</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025413">input/output
|
||
|
|
processor</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026167" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026167"></a>IOP-level partitioning</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A dedicated
|
||
|
|
allocation of the input/output processor (IOP) and all accompanying resources
|
||
|
|
(input/output devices) to a particular logical partition. IOPs on a single
|
||
|
|
bus may be dedicated to different logical partitions. The bus resources that
|
||
|
|
contain these IOPs must be shared. See also <a href="rzaatb.htm#x2015902">bus-level
|
||
|
|
partitioning</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2187811" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2187811"></a>I/O processor</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025413">input/output processor</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2247501" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2247501"></a>I/O server</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Software that provides
|
||
|
|
I/O service to other logical partitions on the same system.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026176" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026176"></a>I-O status</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, a conceptual
|
||
|
|
entity that contains the two-character value indicating the resulting status
|
||
|
|
of an input-output operation. This value is made available to the program
|
||
|
|
through the use of the FILE STATUS clause in the file control entry for the
|
||
|
|
file.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2009318" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2009318"></a>IP</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2002574">Internet
|
||
|
|
Protocol</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002627" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002627"></a>IP address (Internet Protocol address)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The unique 32-bit address that specifies the location of each device
|
||
|
|
or workstation in the Internet. For example, 9.67.97.103 is an IP address.
|
||
|
|
The address field contains two parts: the first part is the network address;
|
||
|
|
the second part is the host number.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2009322" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2009322"></a>IPC</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2026022">interprocess
|
||
|
|
communication</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026197" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026197"></a>IP datagram</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A unit of information
|
||
|
|
that is sent across a TCP/IP network. An IP datagram contains both data and
|
||
|
|
header information, such as the IP addresses of the origin and of the destination.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026202" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026202"></a>IPDS</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025639">Intelligent Printer Data Stream</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2044914" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2044914"></a>IPF</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025267">Information
|
||
|
|
Presentation Facility</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2192114" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2192114"></a>IPF file</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025272">Information Presentation Facility file</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2057250" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2057250"></a>IP filter</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A filter that provides
|
||
|
|
the basic protection mechanism for a firewall by determining what traffic
|
||
|
|
passes through the firewall based on IP session details. This protects the
|
||
|
|
secure network from outsiders who use unsophisticated techniques (such as
|
||
|
|
scanning for secure servers) or even the most sophisticated techniques (such
|
||
|
|
as IP address spoofing). IP filters are the base on which the other tools
|
||
|
|
are constructed, providing the infrastructure in which they operate and denying
|
||
|
|
access to all but the most determined cracker.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026206" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026206"></a>IPI</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025634">intelligent
|
||
|
|
peripheral interface</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026210" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026210"></a>IPI-3</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The IBM implementation of the proposed ANSI/X3T9.3
|
||
|
|
standard defining the electrical, data link protocol, and functional interfaces.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026215" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026215"></a>IPL</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025326">initial
|
||
|
|
program load</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026219" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026219"></a>IPLA</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025899">International
|
||
|
|
Program License Agreement</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026223" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026223"></a>IP over IPX</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A function of the operating
|
||
|
|
system that allows an application using the sockets' communications application
|
||
|
|
programming interface (API), with address family AF_INET, to communicate interactively
|
||
|
|
with another program or system over an Internetwork Package Exchange (IPX)
|
||
|
|
network.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026228" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026228"></a>IP over SNA</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A function of the operating
|
||
|
|
system that allows an application using the sockets communications API, with
|
||
|
|
address family AF_INET, to communicate interactively with another program
|
||
|
|
or system over an SNA network.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026233" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026233"></a>IP packet security</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatp.htm#x2032952">packet rules</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026237" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026237"></a>ips</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2085512">inches
|
||
|
|
per second</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2235513" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2235513"></a>IPSec</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2044956">IP Security Architecture</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2044956" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2044956"></a>IP Security Architecture (IPSec)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A collection of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards that define
|
||
|
|
an architecture at the Internet Protocol (IP) layer to protect IP traffic
|
||
|
|
by using various security services.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2009326" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2009326"></a>IPX</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2002579">Internetwork
|
||
|
|
Packet Exchange</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026251" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026251"></a>IPX circuit</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A path for Internetwork
|
||
|
|
Packet Exchange (IPX) communications for a local area network (LAN) and a
|
||
|
|
wide area network (WAN). For a LAN, an IPX circuit defines the path or point
|
||
|
|
of attachment from the IPX protocol layer to the IPX network. For a WAN, an
|
||
|
|
IPX circuit provides the path from the IPX protocol layer to a remote IPX
|
||
|
|
node or system.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2192118" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2192118"></a>IPX protocol</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025995">Internetwork Packet Exchange protocol</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026256" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026256"></a>IR</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2085990">Interface
|
||
|
|
Repository</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2200279" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2200279"></a>IRC</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2200277">interregion
|
||
|
|
communication</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026260" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026260"></a>IRS</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2026027">interrecord-separator
|
||
|
|
character</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026264" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026264"></a>ISAKMP</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025975">Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026268" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026268"></a>ISC</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2057184">intersystem
|
||
|
|
communication</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026272" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026272"></a>ISDB</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025672">interactive
|
||
|
|
source debugger</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026276" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026276"></a>ISDN</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025604">Integrated
|
||
|
|
Services Digital Network</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026280" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026280"></a>ISDN data link control (IDLC)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An
|
||
|
|
asynchronous, balanced data link protocol used between two systems to exchange
|
||
|
|
information over an ISDN B-channel.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2016972" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2016972"></a>iSeries Access asynchronous communications</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The support that connects the personal computer to the ASCII
|
||
|
|
Work Station Controller on the server.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2230606" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2230606"></a>iSeries Access for Windows</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The IBM licensed program that allows Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 clients to perform client/server functions
|
||
|
|
from a personal computer over TCP/IP.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2014309" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2014309"></a>iSeries Advanced Application Architecture</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The name of the iSeries system's architecture.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2014334" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2014334"></a>iSeries BASIC</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An IBM PRPQ that compiles
|
||
|
|
or interprets BASIC programs on a server.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2014339" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2014339"></a>iSeries Developer Kit for Java</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The IBM licensed program that is a compatible implementation of the Sun Microsystems,
|
||
|
|
Inc. Java Technology.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2145901" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2145901"></a>iSeries Directory Services</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A function
|
||
|
|
of the i5/OS operating system that enables the server to run a Lightweight Directory
|
||
|
|
Access Protocol (LDAP) server.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2230907" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2230907"></a>iSeries for Domino®</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An iSeries server that
|
||
|
|
is specially designed to run Lotus® Domino servers and applications. iSeries for Domino is a follow-on
|
||
|
|
product to Dedicated Server for Domino.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2032473" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2032473"></a>iSeries Navigator</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A no-charge feature
|
||
|
|
of iSeries Access for Windows that is bundled with the i5/OS operating system. iSeries Navigator provides a graphical user interface to common iSeries management
|
||
|
|
functions. Some of the common management functions include basic operations,
|
||
|
|
TCP/IP configuration, job management, users and groups, database management,
|
||
|
|
and Management Central.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2447706" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2447706"></a>iSeries NetServer™</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2014373">iSeries Support for Windows Network Neighborhood</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2014353" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2014353"></a>iSeries object</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An object that exists
|
||
|
|
in a library on the server and is represented by an object on the PC. For
|
||
|
|
example, a user profile is a server object represented on the PC by the user
|
||
|
|
profile object.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2014358" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2014358"></a>iSeries PL/I</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An IBM PRPQ that is
|
||
|
|
a high-level language available on the server. The iSeries PL/I PRPQ
|
||
|
|
is capable of handling a large variety of data structures and easily allows
|
||
|
|
variation of precision in numeric computation.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2014363" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2014363"></a>iSeries resource</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In System Manager,
|
||
|
|
an entity that contains objects and other resources that reside on the server
|
||
|
|
and are represented by System Manager on the PC. iSeries resources supported by System Manager
|
||
|
|
include items within lists, such as user profile and user.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2230806" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2230806"></a>iSeries server</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>One of a family
|
||
|
|
of general purpose systems that supports i5/OS and Operating System/400 and that provides application portability across all models. See also <a href="rzaato.htm#x2244302">Operating System/400</a>, <a href="rzaati.htm#x2391841">i5/OS</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2014368" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2014368"></a>iSeries Support Family of Services</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A selection of support services, which can be purchased individually or in
|
||
|
|
packages, offered by IBM to customers. These services range from answering questions
|
||
|
|
about server usage and support to consulting on complex system problems.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2014373" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2014373"></a>iSeries Support for Windows Network
|
||
|
|
Neighborhood (iSeries NetServer)</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A function of the i5/OS operating system that enables Microsoft Windows clients on a network to access iSeries shared directory paths and shared output queues without any unique software.
|
||
|
|
The clients use the file and print sharing functions that are included in
|
||
|
|
their Windows operating systems.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2014383" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2014383"></a>iSeries Toolbox for Java</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>A library of Java classes
|
||
|
|
that gives Java-program access to iSeries data and resources.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026285" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026285"></a>ISO</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2056874">International
|
||
|
|
Organization for Standardization</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026290" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026290"></a>ISO/IEC 10646</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2109303">International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical
|
||
|
|
Commission 10646 UCS-2 level 1</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2002647" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2002647"></a>isolation level</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>An attribute that
|
||
|
|
defines the degree to which an application process is isolated from other
|
||
|
|
concurrently executing application processes.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2169454" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2169454"></a>ISP</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2057135">Internet
|
||
|
|
service provider</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026299" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026299"></a>ISQL</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025677">Interactive
|
||
|
|
SQL</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026303" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026303"></a>ISS</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2024953">image
|
||
|
|
symbol set</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2192116" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2192116"></a>ITB character</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025827">intermediate-text-block character</a>.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026311" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026311"></a>item</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>In dynamic data exchange, the
|
||
|
|
identifier for a source of data. For example, the top, left cell position
|
||
|
|
in a spreadsheet is row 1, column 1. This cell's item is R1C1.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026316" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026316"></a>iteration</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>The process of repeatedly
|
||
|
|
running a set of computer instructions until some condition is satisfied.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt id="x2026321" class="bold">
|
||
|
|
<a name="x2026321"></a>ITF</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025687">interactive
|
||
|
|
terminal facility</a>.</dd>
|
||
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