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<dl>
<dt id="x2005051" class="bold">
<a name="x2005051"></a>table</dt>
<dd>(1) In RPG, a series of elements
with like characteristics. A table can be searched for a uniquely identified
element, but elements in a table cannot be accessed by their position relative
to other elements.</dd>
<dd>(2) An orderly arrangement of data in rows and
columns that can contain numbers, text, or a combination of both. The system-recognized
identifier for the object type is *TBL.</dd>
<dd>(3) A named data object that
consists of a specific number of columns and some unordered rows. See also <a href="rzaatv.htm#x2005681">view</a>.</dd>
<dd>(4) In COBOL, a set of logically consecutive
data items that are defined in the Data Division with the OCCURS clause.</dd>
<dt id="x2005061" class="bold">
<a name="x2005061"></a>table designator</dt>
<dd>A column name qualifier
that designates a specific object table.</dd>
<dt id="x2040891" class="bold">
<a name="x2040891"></a>table element</dt>
<dd>In COBOL, a data item
that can be referred to in a table.</dd>
<dt id="x2040896" class="bold">
<a name="x2040896"></a>table file</dt>
<dd>In RPG, an input file
that contains a table.</dd>
<dt id="x2005066" class="bold">
<a name="x2005066"></a>table function</dt>
<dd>A function that optionally
accepts arguments and that returns a table to the SQL statement that refers
to it. Table functions can be referenced only in the FROM clause. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2000113">aggregate function</a>, <a href="rzaats.htm#x2004437">scalar function</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2136550" class="bold">
<a name="x2136550"></a>table reference character (TRC)</dt>
<dd>(1) In a 3800 Printing Subsystem, a numeric character corresponding to the order
in which the names for the character-arrangement table have been specified.</dd>
<dd>(2) An optional control character in a print data set. The TRC identifies
the font used to print the record and can be used to select a font during
printing.</dd>
<dt id="x2040914" class="bold">
<a name="x2040914"></a>tab stop</dt>
<dd>In VisualAge&reg; RPG, a
control setting that determines if a control can be selected by using the
tab key.</dd>
<dt id="x2040919" class="bold">
<a name="x2040919"></a>tachometer</dt>
<dd>A part that determines
speed of rotation.</dd>
<dt id="x2040924" class="bold">
<a name="x2040924"></a>tag</dt>
<dd>(1) The statements of the UIM tag
language. Tags describe the actions, format, and data of the panel. Tags are
used to define the formatting of help information.</dd>
<dd>(2) In OSI, a type
designation that is associated with every ASN.1 type.</dd>
<dt id="x2040932" class="bold">
<a name="x2040932"></a>tag content</dt>
<dd>The text associated with
a tag.</dd>
<dt id="x2040937" class="bold">
<a name="x2040937"></a>tail</dt>
<dd>In REXX, the part of a compound
symbol that follows the stem. A tail can consist of constant symbols, simple
symbols, and periods.</dd>
<dt id="x2040942" class="bold">
<a name="x2040942"></a>tangent</dt>
<dd>In the GDDM&reg; function, the
single point at which a straight line meets a curve or surface.</dd>
<dt id="x2040947" class="bold">
<a name="x2040947"></a>tape cartridge</dt>
<dd>A case containing
a reel of magnetic tape that can be put into a tape unit without stringing
the tape between reels.</dd>
<dt id="x2040952" class="bold">
<a name="x2040952"></a>tape controller</dt>
<dd>A logic card located
in some tape units that controls input/output tape devices and synchronizes
their operation with the operation of the system as a whole.</dd>
<dt id="x2040957" class="bold">
<a name="x2040957"></a>tape drive</dt>
<dd>A device used to move
magnetic tapes, as well as to read and write information onto those tapes.</dd>
<dt id="x2040962" class="bold">
<a name="x2040962"></a>tape file</dt>
<dd>A device file to support
a tape device.</dd>
<dt id="x2040967" class="bold">
<a name="x2040967"></a>tape library</dt>
<dd>A device that includes
a selection of cartridges in a common (secure) area within access of one or
more automated removable media (ARM).</dd>
<dt id="x2040972" class="bold">
<a name="x2040972"></a>tape mark</dt>
<dd>A unique mark written on
the tape to distinguish file boundaries.</dd>
<dt id="x2040977" class="bold">
<a name="x2040977"></a>tape reel</dt>
<dd>A round device on which
magnetic tape is wound.</dd>
<dt id="x2040982" class="bold">
<a name="x2040982"></a>tape unit</dt>
<dd>The physical enclosure
containing the tape drive.</dd>
<dt id="x2040987" class="bold">
<a name="x2040987"></a>tape volume</dt>
<dd>The recording space on
a single tape cartridge or reel.</dd>
<dt id="x2262507" class="bold">
<a name="x2262507"></a>target</dt>
<dd>(1) In SEU, a line command, such
as B (Before) or A (After), that specifies the destination for other line
commands such as C (Copy) or M (Move).</dd>
<dd>(2) In VisualAge RPG, a
part that receives a target event from a source part whenever the state of
the source part changes.</dd>
<dd>(3) The program or system to which a request
for files or processing is sent.</dd>
<dt id="x2041004" class="bold">
<a name="x2041004"></a>target data queue program</dt>
<dd>In iSeries&trade; Access, a series of programs that receive requests for data manipulation
from the source data queue program. Target data queue programs also send data
and replies (to previous requests) to the source data queue program.</dd>
<dt id="x2041009" class="bold">
<a name="x2041009"></a>target directory</dt>
<dd>In VisualAge RPG, the
directory in which the compiled VRPG application is stored.</dd>
<dt id="x2041014" class="bold">
<a name="x2041014"></a>target distributed data manager (TDDM)</dt>
<dd>In a distributed data management network, programming support that translates
the DDM requests received from a source system into data management or SQL
requests on the target (or remote) system. See also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2039363">source distributed data manager</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041019" class="bold">
<a name="x2041019"></a>target event</dt>
<dd>In VisualAge RPG, an
event that a target part receives whenever the state of a source part changes.</dd>
<dt id="x2041024" class="bold">
<a name="x2041024"></a>target folder</dt>
<dd>In VisualAge RPG, the
folder where the application (composite project) will be created.</dd>
<dt id="x2041029" class="bold">
<a name="x2041029"></a>target group</dt>
<dd>In the Application Development
Manager feature of the Application Development ToolSet licensed program, the
final group to which a part can be promoted.</dd>
<dt id="x2041034" class="bold">
<a name="x2041034"></a>target program</dt>
<dd>(1) In display station
pass-through, a program that runs on the remote system.</dd>
<dd>(2) In VisualAge RPG, the object to be built by the project, such as a Dynamic
Link Library (DLL).</dd>
<dd>(3) In communications, the program that is started
on the remote system at the request of the source system. See also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2004677">source program</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041045" class="bold">
<a name="x2041045"></a>target recovery time</dt>
<dd>The amount of
time estimated by the system that it will need to recover access paths during
an initial program load (IPL) after an abnormal system end. Actual performance
may range around the target.</dd>
<dt id="x2041050" class="bold">
<a name="x2041050"></a>target release</dt>
<dd>(1) In upgrades, the version,
release, and modification level of software that is to be installed.</dd>
<dd>(2) The release of the operating system on which a user intends to use an
object being created, or intends to restore or use an existing object. See
also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2039407">source release</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2005104" class="bold">
<a name="x2005104"></a>target server</dt>
<dd>In upgrades, the planned
hardware configuration and software level that exists when the upgrade is
completed.</dd>
<dt id="x2041058" class="bold">
<a name="x2041058"></a>target system</dt>
<dd>(1) In upgrades, the planned
hardware configuration and software level which will exist when the upgrade
is completed.</dd>
<dd>(2) The system that receives a request from another
system. See also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2039422">source system</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041072" class="bold">
<a name="x2041072"></a>tariff</dt>
<dd>The fee the packet-switching
data network charges a user for sending data. The tariff is usually based
on the number of packets sent over the network.</dd>
<dt id="x2041082" class="bold">
<a name="x2041082"></a>taskpad</dt>
<dd>In iSeries Navigator,
a view of system tasks that lets a user interact with i5/OS&trade; operating system
functions. A taskpad contains a set of interrelated tasks that either perform
a function or launch help that explains how to perform a function.</dd>
<dt id="x2041087" class="bold">
<a name="x2041087"></a>task swapper</dt>
<dd>A function, introduced
with DOS 5.00, that allows the user to switch from one application to another
without ending either application. With the task swapper function, only one
application is active at any time. The active program is the application that
is currently running; all other applications are suspended until the user
switches to that application.</dd>
<dt id="x2068498" class="bold">
<a name="x2068498"></a>Tb</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041236">terabit</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041096" class="bold">
<a name="x2041096"></a>TB</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041244">terabyte</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041100" class="bold">
<a name="x2041100"></a>TC</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041322">test
control</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041104" class="bold">
<a name="x2041104"></a>TCAM</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2203048">Telecommunications
Access Method</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2009681" class="bold">
<a name="x2009681"></a>TCB</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2042229">Trusted
Computing Base</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2395015" class="bold">
<a name="x2395015"></a>TCP</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041973">Transmission
Control Protocol</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2395013" class="bold">
<a name="x2395013"></a>TCP/IP</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2005379">Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041116" class="bold">
<a name="x2041116"></a>TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities</dt>
<dd>The IBM&reg; licensed
program that provides a collective set of industrial communications protocols
to support connectivity functions for both local and wide area networks.</dd>
<dt id="x2041121" class="bold">
<a name="x2041121"></a>TCS&reg;</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041272">terminal control system entry</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041125" class="bold">
<a name="x2041125"></a>TCT</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2203120">terminal
control table</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041129" class="bold">
<a name="x2041129"></a>TCTUA</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041282">terminal control table user area</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041133" class="bold">
<a name="x2041133"></a>TD</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041932">transient
data</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041137" class="bold">
<a name="x2041137"></a>TDDM</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041014">target
distributed data manager</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041145" class="bold">
<a name="x2041145"></a>TDLC</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2042295">twinaxial
data link control</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041149" class="bold">
<a name="x2041149"></a>TE</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041292">terminal
equipment</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041377" class="bold">
<a name="x2041377"></a>TE1</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041297">terminal
equipment 1</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041381" class="bold">
<a name="x2041381"></a>TE2</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041302">terminal
equipment 2</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041153" class="bold">
<a name="x2041153"></a>technical information exchange (TIE)</dt>
<dd>A part of the electronic customer support function that allows a user to send
files to and receive files from a remote support system, and to search for
information on a remote support system. The files are sent and received through
a remote support network.</dd>
<dt id="x2041158" class="bold">
<a name="x2041158"></a>technology-independent machine interface (TIMI)</dt>
<dd>The lowest visible architectural layer of the server. TIMI defines
the high-level machine instruction set and application programming interface
that is independent of the underlying implementation. This allows the underlying
hardware and Licensed Internal Code to evolve over time to take advantage
of technology advances without affecting the user-level interface.</dd>
<dt id="x2041163" class="bold">
<a name="x2041163"></a>TEI</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041287">terminal
end-point identifier</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2171004" class="bold">
<a name="x2171004"></a>telecommunication</dt>
<dd>(1) The transmission
of data between computer systems over telecommunication lines and between
a computer system and remote devices.</dd>
<dd>(2) The transmission of control
signals and information between two or more locations, such as by telegraph,
radio, or television.</dd>
<dt id="x2203048" class="bold">
<a name="x2203048"></a>Telecommunications Access Method (TCAM)</dt>
<dd>An access method used to transfer data between main storage and remote
or local storage.</dd>
<dt id="x2041180" class="bold">
<a name="x2041180"></a>Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T)</dt>
<dd>Formerly known as the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative
Committee (CCITT). As of March 1, 1993, recommendations from this group will
be known as ITU-T Recommendations. Recommendations made before March 1, 1993,
will continue to be known as CCITT Recommendations.</dd>
<dt id="x2041185" class="bold">
<a name="x2041185"></a>telephone call state</dt>
<dd>In telephony,
the condition of a telephone call that reflects what the past action on that
call has been and what the next set of actions may be.</dd>
<dt id="x2041190" class="bold">
<a name="x2041190"></a>telephony</dt>
<dd>The use or operation of
systems for the transmission of voice or data communications between separate
points.</dd>
<dt id="x2041195" class="bold">
<a name="x2041195"></a>Telnet</dt>
<dd>In TCP/IP, a protocol that
provides remote-terminal connection service. It allows users of one host to
log on to a remote host and interact as directly attached terminal users of
that host.</dd>
<dt id="x2041200" class="bold">
<a name="x2041200"></a>template</dt>
<dd>(1) In REXX, a guide that allows
strings to be parsed by words (delimited by blanks), by explicit matching
of strings, or by specifying numeric positions.</dd>
<dd>(2) An object used
to create new objects of the same type. The newly created object has the same
characteristics as the template.</dd>
<dd>(3) A pattern to help the user identify
the location of keys on a keyboard, functions assigned to keys on a keyboard,
or switches and lights on a control panel.</dd>
<dt id="x2041211" class="bold">
<a name="x2041211"></a>temporary group</dt>
<dd>A list of existing
calendars used to schedule items for a group of users in one step. The list
can be used in the current session only, after which the list is deleted.</dd>
<dt id="x2041216" class="bold">
<a name="x2041216"></a>temporary library</dt>
<dd>A library that
is automatically created for each job to contain temporary objects that are
created by the system for that job. The objects in the temporary library are
deleted when the job ends. The system name for temporary library is QTEMP.</dd>
<dt id="x2041221" class="bold">
<a name="x2041221"></a>temporary object</dt>
<dd>An object, such
as a data path or compiler work area, that is automatically deleted by the
system when the operating system is loaded.</dd>
<dt id="x2041226" class="bold">
<a name="x2041226"></a>temporary storage (TS)</dt>
<dd>The CICS&reg; facility that
allows application programs to store data in a temporary storage queue for
later retrieval.</dd>
<dt id="x2041231" class="bold">
<a name="x2041231"></a>temporary-text-delay character (TTD character)</dt>
<dd>The BSC transmission control character that tells the receiving
station that there is a temporary delay in sending the data.</dd>
<dt id="x2041236" class="bold">
<a name="x2041236"></a>terabit (Tb)</dt>
<dd>For processor storage,
real and virtual storage, and channel volume, 2 to the power of 40 or 1 099
511 627 776 bits. For disk storage capacity and communications volume, 1 000
000 000 000 bits.</dd>
<dt id="x2041244" class="bold">
<a name="x2041244"></a>terabyte (TB)</dt>
<dd>For processor storage,
real and virtual storage, and channel volume, 2 to the 40th power or 1 099
511 627 776 bytes. For disk storage capacity and communications volume, 1
000 000 000 000 bytes.</dd>
<dt id="x2041252" class="bold">
<a name="x2041252"></a>teraspace</dt>
<dd>A one terabyte temporary
storage area that provides storage that is private to a process.</dd>
<dt id="x2041257" class="bold">
<a name="x2041257"></a>term</dt>
<dd>A string, symbol, or function
call contained within a REXX expression.</dd>
<dt id="x2041262" class="bold">
<a name="x2041262"></a>terminal adapter</dt>
<dd>A device that connects
a computer to an external digital communications line such as an integrated
services digital network (ISDN) line.</dd>
<dt id="x2041267" class="bold">
<a name="x2041267"></a>terminal control</dt>
<dd>In CICS, a facility
that handles addressing, and transmission error detection and correction for
terminals (displays and printers) associated with the local CICS system. It
also handles the intercommunication data queue used by CICS.</dd>
<dt id="x2041272" class="bold">
<a name="x2041272"></a>terminal control system entry (TCS)</dt>
<dd>A table defining the connections between CICS systems.</dd>
<dt id="x2203120" class="bold">
<a name="x2203120"></a>terminal control table (TCT)</dt>
<dd>A table
describing the terminals and logical units within a CICS network.</dd>
<dt id="x2041282" class="bold">
<a name="x2041282"></a>terminal control table user area (TCTUA)</dt>
<dd>An area used to pass information between application programs, but only
if the same terminal is associated with the application programs involved.</dd>
<dt id="x2041287" class="bold">
<a name="x2041287"></a>terminal end-point identifier (TEI)</dt>
<dd>A number to identify the end point to the ISDN. Normally, assignment of the
TEI can be done automatically by the ISDN.</dd>
<dt id="x2041292" class="bold">
<a name="x2041292"></a>terminal equipment (TE)</dt>
<dd>In an ISDN,
data terminal equipment (DTE) that provides the function necessary for the
operation of the access protocols by the user.</dd>
<dt id="x2041297" class="bold">
<a name="x2041297"></a>terminal equipment 1 (TE1)</dt>
<dd>Data terminal
equipment (DTE) with integrated ISDN support. In an ISDN, the iSeries system is
a TE1. See also <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041302">terminal equipment 2</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041302" class="bold">
<a name="x2041302"></a>terminal equipment 2 (TE2)</dt>
<dd>Data terminal
equipment (DTE) without an ISDN interface. To communicate with other equipment
through an ISDN, this equipment must have the protocol converted to one that
can be recognized by the network. For example, a 7820 ISDN terminal adapter
may be used. See also <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041297">terminal equipment 1</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041307" class="bold">
<a name="x2041307"></a>terminating plug</dt>
<dd>A part that ends
the cable path on a computer system. The terminating plug is attached to the
last disk, diskette, or tape unit in a series.</dd>
<dt id="x2041312" class="bold">
<a name="x2041312"></a>test</dt>
<dd>In communications, a data link
command or response used to perform a basic test of the station-to-station
link connection.</dd>
<dt id="x2041317" class="bold">
<a name="x2041317"></a>test condition</dt>
<dd>A statement that,
when taken as a whole, may be either true or false, depending on the circumstances
existing at the time the expression is evaluated.</dd>
<dt id="x2041322" class="bold">
<a name="x2041322"></a>test control (TC)</dt>
<dd>A signal sent by
the data terminal equipment (DTE) to the attached data-circuit terminating
equipment (DCE) to signal a testing mode.</dd>
<dt id="x2041327" class="bold">
<a name="x2041327"></a>test library</dt>
<dd>A user-defined library
used for debugging operations that does not contain objects needed for normal
processing. See also <a href="rzaatp.htm#x2034919">production library</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041332" class="bold">
<a name="x2041332"></a>test value</dt>
<dd>A value used to compare
for a specified condition.</dd>
<dt id="x2041337" class="bold">
<a name="x2041337"></a>text attribute</dt>
<dd>In the GDDM function, characteristics
of chart information, such as the color or type style.</dd>
<dt id="x2041342" class="bold">
<a name="x2041342"></a>text box</dt>
<dd>A box within a dialog box
into which a user can type information. The text box may be empty or may contain
default information when the dialog box first appears.</dd>
<dt id="x2041347" class="bold">
<a name="x2041347"></a>text index entry</dt>
<dd>An entry for a document
in the text search index database. The text index entry is used by the system
to locate documents when doing a text search.</dd>
<dt id="x2041352" class="bold">
<a name="x2041352"></a>text search index database</dt>
<dd>The database
files used by text search services for storing the significant words of documents.
These database files are used when a user requests a search of the document
library for one or more phrases.</dd>
<dt id="x2041357" class="bold">
<a name="x2041357"></a>text search services</dt>
<dd>The system support
that lets office users add, delete, and search for documents in the text search
index database.</dd>
<dt id="x2041362" class="bold">
<a name="x2041362"></a>text stream</dt>
<dd>In the C language, an
ordered sequence of characters where each sequence or line is ended with a
new line control sequence and consists of zero or more characters.</dd>
<dt id="x2041367" class="bold">
<a name="x2041367"></a>text transparency</dt>
<dd>In BSC, a method
of sending and receiving data containing any or all of the 256 character combinations
in EBCDIC in specific bit patterns, including transmission control characters.
Transmission control characters sent in the data are treated as specific bit
patterns, unless they are preceded by the DLE control character.</dd>
<dt id="x2041372" class="bold">
<a name="x2041372"></a>textual data</dt>
<dd>The collective term
for menus, displays, lists, prompts, options, online help information, and
messages.</dd>
<dt id="x2041385" class="bold">
<a name="x2041385"></a>TFTP</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2042196">Trivial
File Transfer Protocol</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041389" class="bold">
<a name="x2041389"></a>TG</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041983">transmission
group</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2210148" class="bold">
<a name="x2210148"></a>TGS</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2210146">ticket-granting
service</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2210155" class="bold">
<a name="x2210155"></a>TGT</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041527">ticket-granting
ticket</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2149133" class="bold">
<a name="x2149133"></a>TH</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041988">transmission
header</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2048035" class="bold">
<a name="x2048035"></a>third generation language (3GL)</dt>
<dd>A high-level programming language that was designed to run on the third generation
of computer processors, built on integrated circuit technology roughly from
1965 to 1970. C, FORTRAN, Basic and Pascal are examples of third-generation
languages still in use today.</dd>
<dt id="x2041397" class="bold">
<a name="x2041397"></a>third party</dt>
<dd>A company that manufactures
and sells applications for use with a major manufacturer's computer or peripherals,
usually without any involvement from the major manufacturer.</dd>
<dt id="x2041402" class="bold">
<a name="x2041402"></a>third-party plug-in</dt>
<dd>In iSeries Navigator,
the support that allows users to install software from different vendors.</dd>
<dt id="x2041407" class="bold">
<a name="x2041407"></a>thousands separator</dt>
<dd>The character
(comma in the United States) placed every third number starting left of the
decimal point. For example, three thousands separators are used in the number:
641,322,974,821. Not every culture groups by thousands. In these cultures
the term digit grouping separator may be used.</dd>
<dt id="x2005144" class="bold">
<a name="x2005144"></a>thread</dt>
<dd>(1) A stream of computer instructions
that is in control of a process. A multithread process begins with one stream
of instructions (one thread) and may later create other instruction streams
to perform tasks.</dd>
<dd>(2) In the Integrated Language Environment&reg; (ILE), the basic line of the running of a program.</dd>
<dd>(3) In some
operating systems, the smallest unit of operation to be performed in a process.</dd>
<dt id="x2041424" class="bold">
<a name="x2041424"></a>thread-capable</dt>
<dd>Pertaining to the
ability to create threads.</dd>
<dt id="x2041434" class="bold">
<a name="x2041434"></a>thread ID</dt>
<dd>The unique integral number
that can be used to identify a thread. Thread ID is sometimes used to describe
the pthread_t data type that represents the abstraction to a thread.</dd>
<dt id="x2041439" class="bold">
<a name="x2041439"></a>thread local storage (TLS)</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041455">thread-specific storage</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041443" class="bold">
<a name="x2041443"></a>thread private storage</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041455">thread-specific storage</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041447" class="bold">
<a name="x2041447"></a>threadsafe</dt>
<dd>(1) A function, macro, or
operating system service that can be called from multiple threads in a process
at the same time. See also <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2047714">thread unsafe</a>.</dd>
<dd>(2) A conditional form of thread safety.</dd>
<dt id="x2041455" class="bold">
<a name="x2041455"></a>thread-specific storage</dt>
<dd>Storage that
is not shared among threads, but can be accessed by all functions within that
thread. In the industry, also called thread private storage, thread local
storage, or TLS.</dd>
<dt id="x2047714" class="bold">
<a name="x2047714"></a>thread unsafe</dt>
<dd>A thread that cannot
be called from multiple threads. See also <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041447">threadsafe</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041465" class="bold">
<a name="x2041465"></a>threshold</dt>
<dd>(1) In OSI, a user-specified
value that determines the frequency with which events will be reported. For
example, if a certain error threshold is set at 10, the error will not be
reported until the tenth occurrence of the error.</dd>
<dd>(2) A level set
in the system at which a message is sent or an error-handling program is called.
For example, in a user auxiliary storage pool, the user can set the threshold
level in the system values, and the system notifies the system operator when
that level is reached.</dd>
<dt id="x2041473" class="bold">
<a name="x2041473"></a>threshold analysis</dt>
<dd>In Backup Recovery
and Media Services, the comparison of actual media statistics to standard
industry statistics for that media.</dd>
<dt id="x2041478" class="bold">
<a name="x2041478"></a>threshold event</dt>
<dd>In OSI, an event
that occurs when a counter has reached its user-specified threshold. OSI Communications
Subsystem logs threshold events and generates messages to the operator about
these events.</dd>
<dt id="x2041483" class="bold">
<a name="x2041483"></a>threshold value</dt>
<dd>In the capacity planning
tool, a value used as a general guide for optimal resource utilization. If
resource utilization is above the threshold value, the resource performance
may be unacceptable. Threshold values are also available for the rate of synchronous
reads in the machine pool and for the sum of all pools. See also <a href="rzaatg.htm#x2024124">guideline value</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041488" class="bold">
<a name="x2041488"></a>throughput</dt>
<dd>(1) The measure of the amount
of work performed by a device, such as a computer or printer, over a period
of time, for example, number of jobs per day.</dd>
<dd>(2) In data communications,
the total traffic between stations over a period of time.</dd>
<dt id="x2041496" class="bold">
<a name="x2041496"></a>throughput class negotiation</dt>
<dd>(1) In X.25,
a packet-switching data network optional facility that allows the data terminal
equipment (DTE) to negotiate the speed at which its packets travel through
the packet-switching data network.</dd>
<dd>(2) In OSI, a network layer facility
that selects the speed with which data transmission requests are to be handled.</dd>
<dt id="x2041504" class="bold">
<a name="x2041504"></a>thunking</dt>
<dd>In iSeries Access, the
process that occurs when a 32-bit application calls a 32-bit application programming
interface that is implemented by a 16-bit component of the system.</dd>
<dt id="x2041509" class="bold">
<a name="x2041509"></a>tick</dt>
<dd>In Business Graphics Utility,
a reference point on either the vertical or horizontal axis of some chart
types that represents the location of specified data values.</dd>
<dt id="x2041514" class="bold">
<a name="x2041514"></a>ticket</dt>
<dd>In the Kerberos protocol,
a packet that contains encrypted data. This data can be used to prove that
the holder of the ticket has successfully authenticated with the authentication
server. A ticket can be decrypted only by the server for which it is issued.</dd>
<dt id="x2041522" class="bold">
<a name="x2041522"></a>ticket-granting server</dt>
<dd>A part of
the key distribution center (KDC) that generates service tickets. A principal
presents a ticket-granting ticket to the ticket-granting server when the principal
requests a service ticket. The ticket-granting server uses the ticket-granting
ticket to verify that the principal has authenticated to the authentication
server before it grants the request for a service ticket.</dd>
<dt id="x2210146" class="bold">
<a name="x2210146"></a>ticket-granting service (TGS)</dt>
<dd>A service
provided by the key distribution center (KDC) that issues service tickets.</dd>
<dt id="x2041527" class="bold">
<a name="x2041527"></a>ticket-granting ticket (TGT)</dt>
<dd>(1) A ticket
that allows access to the ticket granting service on the key distribution
center (KDC). Ticket granting tickets are passed to the principal by the KDC
after the principal has completed a successful request. In a Windows&reg; 2000
environment, a user logs on to the network and the KDC will verify the principal's
name and encrypted password and then send a ticket granting ticket to the
user.</dd>
<dd>(2) A ticket that a principal passes to the ticket-granting
server when a service ticket is requested. The ticket-granting service uses
the ticket-granting ticket to verify that the principal has authenticated
to the authentication server before it grants the request for the service
ticket.</dd>
<dt id="x2041532" class="bold">
<a name="x2041532"></a>TIE</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041153">technical
information exchange</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2005162" class="bold">
<a name="x2005162"></a>time</dt>
<dd>A three-part value that designates
a time of day in hours, minutes, and seconds.</dd>
<dt id="x2005167" class="bold">
<a name="x2005167"></a>time duration</dt>
<dd>A decimal number that
represents a number of hours, minutes, and seconds.</dd>
<dt id="x2041544" class="bold">
<a name="x2041544"></a>time-independent messaging</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2178856">asynchronous messaging</a>. See also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2040498">synchronous messaging</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041549" class="bold">
<a name="x2041549"></a>timemark</dt>
<dd>A specific period of time
that is allowed by the Telnet server to verify that a connection is still
active.</dd>
<dt id="x2005177" class="bold">
<a name="x2005177"></a>timeout</dt>
<dd>(1) A time interval that is allotted
for an event to occur or complete before operation is interrupted.</dd>
<dd>(2) An event that occurs at the end of a predetermined period of time that
began at the occurrence of another specified event.</dd>
<dt id="x2041580" class="bold">
<a name="x2041580"></a>timer-related event</dt>
<dd>A CICS interval control
function that is used to support events that are delayed, suspended, or restarted
after a time interval.</dd>
<dt id="x2041585" class="bold">
<a name="x2041585"></a>time sharing</dt>
<dd>Sharing computer time
and resources.</dd>
<dt id="x2041595" class="bold">
<a name="x2041595"></a>time slice</dt>
<dd>The amount of processor
time (specified in milliseconds) allowed for a job before other waiting jobs
of equal priority are allowed to process data.</dd>
<dt id="x2041600" class="bold">
<a name="x2041600"></a>time slicing</dt>
<dd>A mechanism that preempts
running threads at fixed intervals. This ensures that every thread is allowed
time to execute.</dd>
<dt id="x2041605" class="bold">
<a name="x2041605"></a>time stamp</dt>
<dd>The value of an object
that indicates the system time at some critical point in the object's history.</dd>
<dt id="x2005187" class="bold">
<a name="x2005187"></a>timestamp duration</dt>
<dd>A DECIMAL (20,6)
value that represents a number of years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds,
and microseconds.</dd>
<dt id="x2312768" class="bold">
<a name="x2312768"></a>time to live</dt>
<dd>The time interval in
seconds that an entry can exist in the cache before the name server discards
it.</dd>
<dt id="x2041625" class="bold">
<a name="x2041625"></a>TIMI</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041158">technology-independent
machine interface</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041629" class="bold">
<a name="x2041629"></a>title</dt>
<dd>In OSI, a permanent identifier
for an object.</dd>
<dt id="x2041634" class="bold">
<a name="x2041634"></a>title bar</dt>
<dd>The area at the top of
each window that contains the system-menu symbol or the name of the window.
In iSeries Access for Windows, the title bar may also contains
a Control-menu box and the maximize and minimize buttons.</dd>
<dt id="x2041643" class="bold">
<a name="x2041643"></a>TLS</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041439">thread
local storage</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041647" class="bold">
<a name="x2041647"></a>toggle</dt>
<dd>(1) To switch between two modes
on a computer or network; for example, to switch between data entry and command
entry modes or between stand-alone operation and device emulation.</dd>
<dd>(2) Pertaining to a switching device, such as a toggle key on a keyboard,
that allows a user to switch between two types of operations.</dd>
<dt id="x2005306" class="bold">
<a name="x2005306"></a>token</dt>
<dd>(1) A particular message or bit
pattern that signifies permission or temporary control to transmit on a network.
See also <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2313137">token-ring network</a>.</dd>
<dd>(2) The basic
syntactic unit of a computing language. Tokens include defined keywords, operator
characters, data, special characters, and other parts of a language syntax.</dd>
<dd>(3) In OSI, an attribute of a connection. The token is dynamically
assigned to one session-service user at a time to permit certain services
to be called. Tokens are a session layer concept.</dd>
<dt id="x2041671" class="bold">
<a name="x2041671"></a>token bucket</dt>
<dd>A mechanism that controls
data flow. As an application requests permission into a network, the token
bucket adds characters (or tokens) into a buffer (or bucket). If enough room
is available for all the tokens in the bucket, the application is allowed
to enter the network.</dd>
<dt id="x2041676" class="bold">
<a name="x2041676"></a>token highlighting</dt>
<dd>A function of
CoOperative Development Environment/400 that allows a user to view different
programming language tokens in different colors or type styles.</dd>
<dt id="x2313137" class="bold">
<a name="x2313137"></a>token-ring network (TRLAN)</dt>
<dd>A local
area network that connects devices in a ring topology and allows unidirectional
data transmission between devices by a token-passing procedure. A device must
receive a token before it can transmit data. See also <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2005306">token</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041686" class="bold">
<a name="x2041686"></a>token type</dt>
<dd>In CoOperative Development
Environment/400, a token or set of tokens having a similar characteristic
or function, and assigned the same display attributes by the CoOperative Development
Environment/400 program.</dd>
<dt id="x2041691" class="bold">
<a name="x2041691"></a>toolbar</dt>
<dd>In a graphical user interface,
a horizontal row or a vertical column of buttons used to select desktop or
application functions.</dd>
<dt id="x2041696" class="bold">
<a name="x2041696"></a>topic</dt>
<dd>In dynamic data exchange (DDE),
the data that is to be exchanged within a DDE conversation.</dd>
<dt id="x2041706" class="bold">
<a name="x2041706"></a>topology</dt>
<dd>The physical or logical
arrangement of nodes in a network, especially the relationships among nodes
and the links between them.</dd>
<dt id="x2041722" class="bold">
<a name="x2041722"></a>topology manager</dt>
<dd>A function of the
Managed System Services program that is responsible for collecting topology
information from nodes and clients in the network. The topology manager can
reside on any system in the network; however, this system is most likely to
be the central site system.</dd>
<dt id="x2041731" class="bold">
<a name="x2041731"></a>total accumulator</dt>
<dd>In DFU, a storage
area where final totals for a field are kept. See also <a href="rzaatb.htm#x2015219">batch accumulator</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041736" class="bold">
<a name="x2041736"></a>total record</dt>
<dd>In RPG, an output record
written after a group of detail records. Total records generally contain data
that is the result of calculations performed on the information in a group
of detail records. See also <a href="rzaatd.htm#x2020281">detail record</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041741" class="bold">
<a name="x2041741"></a>total time</dt>
<dd>The part of the RPG program
cycle in which calculation and output operations specified for a group of
records are done. See also <a href="rzaatd.htm#x2020299">detail time</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2009694" class="bold">
<a name="x2009694"></a>TP</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2005349">transaction
program</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041756" class="bold">
<a name="x2041756"></a>TPDU</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2042074">transport-layer
protocol data unit</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041764" class="bold">
<a name="x2041764"></a>TPN</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2005354">transaction
program name</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2005316" class="bold">
<a name="x2005316"></a>trace</dt>
<dd>(1) A facility that provides the
ability to collect monitoring, auditing, and performance data for an application
or system.</dd>
<dd>(2) A record of the processing of a computer program. It
exhibits the sequences in which the instructions were processed.</dd>
<dt id="x2041779" class="bold">
<a name="x2041779"></a>track</dt>
<dd>A circular path on the surface
of a disk or diskette on which information is magnetically recorded and from
which recorded information is read.</dd>
<dt id="x2041784" class="bold">
<a name="x2041784"></a>Traditional Chinese</dt>
<dd>The Chinese character
set expressed in traditional form. Traditional Chinese characters are used
in Taiwan, China (Hong Kong S.A.R. of the PRC), and some other parts of the
world.</dd>
<dt id="x2041789" class="bold">
<a name="x2041789"></a>Traditional Chinese double-byte character set</dt>
<dd>An IBM-defined DBCS for Traditional Chinese, consisting of Traditional
Chinese non-Chinese set, primary set, secondary set, and up to 2,632 user-definable
characters.</dd>
<dt id="x2041794" class="bold">
<a name="x2041794"></a>Traditional Chinese non-Chinese character set</dt>
<dd>A subset of the Traditional Chinese DBCS, consisting of non-Chinese
characters, such as Greek, Russian, Roman numeric, alphanumeric and related
symbols, Katakana, Hiragana, special symbols and Chinese phonetic symbols.
There are 675 characters in this set.</dd>
<dt id="x2041799" class="bold">
<a name="x2041799"></a>Traditional Chinese primary character set</dt>
<dd>A subset of the Traditional Chinese DBCS, consisting of commonly used
Chinese characters. There are 5,401 characters in this set.</dd>
<dt id="x2041804" class="bold">
<a name="x2041804"></a>Traditional Chinese secondary character set</dt>
<dd>A subset of the Traditional Chinese DBCS, consisting of less commonly
used Chinese characters. There are 7,652 characters in this set.</dd>
<dt id="x2041809" class="bold">
<a name="x2041809"></a>traditional file management</dt>
<dd>The part
of the operating system that controls the storing and accessing of traditional
file objects (*FILE objects in the QSYS.LIB library) on iSeries. The data
may be on internal storage (for example, database objects), on external media
(diskette, tape, or printer objects), or on another system.</dd>
<dt id="x2041814" class="bold">
<a name="x2041814"></a>traffic conditioning</dt>
<dd>In QoS, control
functions that are performed to enforce rules specified in a traffic conditioning
agreement. Types of traffic conditioning include metering, marking, shaping,
and policing.</dd>
<dt id="x2041819" class="bold">
<a name="x2041819"></a>traffic profile</dt>
<dd>In QoS, a description
of the temporal properties of a traffic stream such as rate and burst size.</dd>
<dt id="x2041824" class="bold">
<a name="x2041824"></a>traffic shaping</dt>
<dd>In QoS, a group of
techniques that attempt to regulate or meter the flow of packets through the
network.</dd>
<dt id="x2005321" class="bold">
<a name="x2005321"></a>transaction</dt>
<dd>(1) A 4-character code (called
a tranid) recognized by CICS. Once a user invokes a transaction by initiating
the code, CICS locates the associated application, loads it into storage, and begins
a task.</dd>
<dd>(2) In performance, a unit of work used to express the throughput
of a workload or to request the estimated response time.</dd>
<dd>(3) In DB2&reg; UDB
for iSeries, the work that occurs between begin unit of work and commit or
rollback. A transaction defines the set of operations that is part of an integral
set.</dd>
<dd>(4) A unit of processing consisting of one or more application
programs, affecting one or more objects, that is initiated by a single request,
often from a terminal.</dd>
<dd>(5) An exchange between a workstation and a
program, two workstations, or two programs that accomplish a particular action
or result. An example is the entry of a customer's deposit and the update
of the customer's balance. See also <a href="rzaatc.htm#x2000957">conversation</a>, <a href="rzaats.htm#x2004539">session</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041850" class="bold">
<a name="x2041850"></a>transaction code</dt>
<dd>For the IMS&trade; subsystem, the
first 1 to 8 characters of the first segment of a message sent to IMS/VS.
The transaction code identifies the application program for which the message
is intended.</dd>
<dt id="x2041855" class="bold">
<a name="x2041855"></a>transaction dump</dt>
<dd>In CICS, a formatted
dump for the program active at the time the dump was requested. A transaction
dump indicates where the error occurred within the program.</dd>
<dt id="x2041860" class="bold">
<a name="x2041860"></a>transaction file</dt>
<dd>(1) A file containing
data, such as customer orders, that is usually used only with a master file.</dd>
<dd>(2) In COBOL, an input-output file used to communicate with display
stations and ICF sessions.</dd>
<dt id="x2005349" class="bold">
<a name="x2005349"></a>transaction program (TP)</dt>
<dd>(1) A user-supplied
application program for processing data received by the system from a finance
device.</dd>
<dd>(2) A program that processes transactions in an SNA network.</dd>
<dt id="x2005354" class="bold">
<a name="x2005354"></a>transaction program name (TPN)</dt>
<dd>The
name by which each program participating in an LU 6.2 conversation is known.
Normally, the initiator of a connection identifies the name of the program
it connects to at the other LU. When used in conjunction with an LU name,
a TPN identifies a specific transaction program in the network.</dd>
<dt id="x2041871" class="bold">
<a name="x2041871"></a>transaction program network</dt>
<dd>The hierarchical
structure of user or system transaction programs communicating at a synchronization
level of none, confirm, or commit. When the synchronization level is commit,
the transaction programs communicate over protected conversations using the
two-phase commit protocol. In this case, the hierarchy consists of an initiator,
optionally one or more cascaded initiators, and agents.</dd>
<dt id="x2041882" class="bold">
<a name="x2041882"></a>transaction routing</dt>
<dd>A CICS facility that
provides support for inbound and outbound terminal requests from another CICS system connected by an advanced program-to-program communications (APPC)
link.</dd>
<dt id="x2041887" class="bold">
<a name="x2041887"></a>transceiver</dt>
<dd>In communications, the
device that connects the transceiver cable to the Ethernet coaxial cable.
The transceiver is used to transmit and receive data.</dd>
<dt id="x2041892" class="bold">
<a name="x2041892"></a>transceiver cable</dt>
<dd>In communications,
the cable along with its connectors that connects the input/output adapter
to the transceiver.</dd>
<dt id="x2041897" class="bold">
<a name="x2041897"></a>transfer mode</dt>
<dd>Aspects covering transmission,
multiplexing, and switching in a communications network.</dd>
<dt id="x2041902" class="bold">
<a name="x2041902"></a>transfer request</dt>
<dd>In iSeries Access, a
description of the file you want to transfer to your personal computer from i5/OS or from your personal computer to i5/OS.</dd>
<dt id="x2041907" class="bold">
<a name="x2041907"></a>transfer syntax</dt>
<dd>In OSI, a set of
rules for the representation of user information while it is in transit between
presentation layer entities. The transfer syntax is usually derived from the
abstract syntax by use of encoding rules. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2012741">abstract syntax</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041915" class="bold">
<a name="x2041915"></a>transform</dt>
<dd>(1) In a virtual private network
(VPN), a collection of authentication algorithms, Diffie-Hellman groups, and
encryption algorithms that are used during both phases of negotiation.</dd>
<dd>(2) To change the composition of a data stream (AFP&trade;) to perform the same functions in a different
data stream (ASCII).</dd>
<dt id="x2005364" class="bold">
<a name="x2005364"></a>transformer</dt>
<dd>A device that converts
power from one circuit to another at the same frequency, but at a changed
voltage and current.</dd>
<dt id="x2041927" class="bold">
<a name="x2041927"></a>transform service</dt>
<dd>A function of the i5/OS operating system that converts PostScript Level 1 spooled files to output.
This output can be printed on either IBM Advanced Function printers (i5/OS system printers)
or Hewlett Packard Printer Control Language printers (commonly used PC printers).</dd>
<dt id="x2041932" class="bold">
<a name="x2041932"></a>transient data (TD)</dt>
<dd>A CICS facility that
provides the ability to read and write data in sequential queues.</dd>
<dt id="x2041937" class="bold">
<a name="x2041937"></a>transient error</dt>
<dd>In OSI, an error
that occurs once or at unpredictable intervals--for example, network congestion.
See also <a href="rzaatp.htm#x2033537">permanent error</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041942" class="bold">
<a name="x2041942"></a>transient event</dt>
<dd>In OSI, an event
that indicates the occurrence of an intermittent error or an error that can
be recovered through retry. Transient events are logged but do not result
in messages to the operator. See also <a href="rzaatp.htm#x2033545">permanent event</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2041947" class="bold">
<a name="x2041947"></a>transit delay processing</dt>
<dd>In OSI,
an X.25 quality-of-service function that keeps track of delays that data encounters
on the way to its destination. Any node that receives a call packet can reject
it if the transit delay exceeds the maximum specified by the sender.</dd>
<dt id="x2041952" class="bold">
<a name="x2041952"></a>translator</dt>
<dd>An i5/OS component that
performs the final step in a program or module compilation. In the Integrated Language Environment (ILE) model, this is called the optimizing translator.</dd>
<dt id="x2069214" class="bold">
<a name="x2069214"></a>transmission control character</dt>
<dd>In
data communications, a special character that can be included in a message
to control communications over a data link. For example, the sending station
and the receiving station use transmission control characters to exchange
information; the receiving station uses transmission control characters to
indicate errors in data it receives.</dd>
<dt id="x2041962" class="bold">
<a name="x2041962"></a>transmission control layer</dt>
<dd>In SNA,
the layer within a half-session that synchronizes and controls the speed of
session-level data traffic, checks sequence numbers of requests, and enciphers
and deciphers end-user data.</dd>
<dt id="x2041973" class="bold">
<a name="x2041973"></a>Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)</dt>
<dd>A communications protocol used in the Internet and in any network that follows
the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards for internetwork protocol.
TCP provides a reliable host-to-host protocol between hosts in packet-switched
communications networks and in interconnected systems of such networks. It
uses the Internet Protocol (IP) as the underlying protocol. See also <a href="rzaati.htm#x2002574">Internet Protocol</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2005379" class="bold">
<a name="x2005379"></a>Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP)</dt>
<dd>An industry-standard nonproprietary set of communications
protocols that provide reliable end-to-end connections between applications
over interconnected networks of different types.</dd>
<dt id="x2041978" class="bold">
<a name="x2041978"></a>transmission executive</dt>
<dd>A part of
the DSNX/PC licensed program that runs on the personal computer to control
and handle requests and to create responses for DSNX.</dd>
<dt id="x2041983" class="bold">
<a name="x2041983"></a>transmission group (TG)</dt>
<dd>In SNA, a
group of links between directly attached nodes appearing as a single logical
link for routing messages. A transmission group may consist of one or more
SDLC links (parallel links) or of a single System/370&trade; channel. For type 2.1 nodes in iSeries networks, a transmission group can only be a single-link connection.</dd>
<dt id="x2041988" class="bold">
<a name="x2041988"></a>transmission header (TH)</dt>
<dd>In SNA,
control information, optionally followed by a basic information unit or a
basic information unit segment, that is created and used by path control to
route messages within the network.</dd>
<dt id="x2041993" class="bold">
<a name="x2041993"></a>transmission medium</dt>
<dd>In communications,
the physical path between transmitters and receivers in a communications network,
such as an Ethernet bus or a token ring.</dd>
<dt id="x2041998" class="bold">
<a name="x2041998"></a>transmission queue</dt>
<dd>A local queue
on which prepared messages destined for a remote queue manager are temporarily
stored.</dd>
<dt id="x2042008" class="bold">
<a name="x2042008"></a>transmission services (TS)</dt>
<dd>A switched,
nonswitched, or packet-switched communications line provided by a vendor.</dd>
<dt id="x2042003" class="bold">
<a name="x2042003"></a>transmission services profile (TS profile)</dt>
<dd>In SNA, specified in a request to start a session. Each defined transmission
services profile is identified by a number.</dd>
<dt id="x2042018" class="bold">
<a name="x2042018"></a>transparency</dt>
<dd>(1) In asynchronous communications,
a method of hiding certain ASCII control characters from modems or asynchronous
devices.</dd>
<dd>(2) See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2042034">transparent text mode</a>.</dd>
<dd>(3) A picture or text on an acetate sheet designed to be viewed by
light shining through it.</dd>
<dt id="x2042029" class="bold">
<a name="x2042029"></a>transparent data</dt>
<dd>Data that can contain
any hexadecimal value.</dd>
<dt id="x2042034" class="bold">
<a name="x2042034"></a>transparent text mode</dt>
<dd>In binary synchronous
communications, a method of transmission in which only transmission control
characters preceded by the DLE control character are processed as transmission
control characters.</dd>
<dt id="x2042044" class="bold">
<a name="x2042044"></a>transport class 0 (class 0)</dt>
<dd>In OSI,
the simplest of five classes of service (0-4) or protocols defined in the
transport layer. (I)</dd>
<dt id="x2042049" class="bold">
<a name="x2042049"></a>transport class 2 (class 2)</dt>
<dd>In OSI,
the transport layer class that provides an intermediate level of service.</dd>
<dt id="x2042054" class="bold">
<a name="x2042054"></a>transport class 4 (class 4)</dt>
<dd>In OSI,
the most complex of five classes of service (0-4) or protocols defined in
the transport layer. (I)</dd>
<dt id="x2042039" class="bold">
<a name="x2042039"></a>transport class negotiation</dt>
<dd>In OSI,
the process by which the peer application entities decide the Transport Layer
class to use on an association.</dd>
<dt id="x2042064" class="bold">
<a name="x2042064"></a>transport layer</dt>
<dd>In OSI architecture,
the layer that provides services for flow control and recovery between open
systems with a predictable quality of service. (T)</dd>
<dt id="x2042074" class="bold">
<a name="x2042074"></a>transport-layer protocol data unit (TPDU)</dt>
<dd>In OSI, a protocol data unit in the transport layer. (I)</dd>
<dt id="x2042079" class="bold">
<a name="x2042079"></a>transport-layer service access point (TSAP)</dt>
<dd>In OSI, a service access point in the transport layer. (I)</dd>
<dt id="x2042084" class="bold">
<a name="x2042084"></a>transport-layer service data unit (TSDU)</dt>
<dd>In OSI, a unit of data transferred between the session layer and the
transport layer.</dd>
<dt id="x2042089" class="bold">
<a name="x2042089"></a>transport mode</dt>
<dd>In the OSI Communications
Subsystem licensed program, a set of values that determine the transport layer
functions to be used on an association.</dd>
<dt id="x2042094" class="bold">
<a name="x2042094"></a>transport mode name</dt>
<dd>In OSI, the name
of a transport mode to be used for an association. The network administrator
specifies the transport mode name on an application mode.</dd>
<dt id="x2042099" class="bold">
<a name="x2042099"></a>transport protocol</dt>
<dd>A specification
of the rules that govern the exchange of information between components of
a transport network; for example, the User Datagram Protocol (UDP).</dd>
<dt id="x2042104" class="bold">
<a name="x2042104"></a>trap</dt>
<dd>(1) In REXX, to recognize that a
currently enabled condition occurred and to perform the CALL or SIGNAL instruction
specified when the condition trap was enabled.</dd>
<dd>(2) An unsolicited
event generated by an agent and forwarded to a manager. Traps inform the manager
of changes that occur in the network.</dd>
<dt id="x2042113" class="bold">
<a name="x2042113"></a>TRC</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2136550">table
reference character</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2042117" class="bold">
<a name="x2042117"></a>tree view</dt>
<dd>A view that provides a
hierarchical view of an object and the objects that it contains.</dd>
<dt id="x2042122" class="bold">
<a name="x2042122"></a>T reference point</dt>
<dd>In Performance
Tools, the interface between network termination 2 (NT2) and network termination
1 (NT1).</dd>
<dt id="x2042127" class="bold">
<a name="x2042127"></a>tributary station</dt>
<dd>In data communications,
a secondary device on a multipoint line.</dd>
<dt id="x2005384" class="bold">
<a name="x2005384"></a>trigger</dt>
<dd>In database technology, a
program that is automatically called whenever a specified action is performed
on a specific table or view.</dd>
<dt id="x2042135" class="bold">
<a name="x2042135"></a>trigger action</dt>
<dd>A set of actions (high-level
language statements, SQL statements, or i5/OS utilities) that are performed automatically
when a specified change operation (trigger event) occurs on a specified table
or file.</dd>
<dt id="x2005433" class="bold">
<a name="x2005433"></a>trigger event</dt>
<dd>(1) An event, such as a
message arriving on a queue, that causes a queue manager to create a trigger
message on an initiation queue.</dd>
<dd>(2) A change operation that calls
the trigger action to be run. The trigger event can be an insert, update,
or delete operation in any high-level language and in SQL.</dd>
<dt id="x2042146" class="bold">
<a name="x2042146"></a>triggering</dt>
<dd>In WebSphere MQ, a facility
that allows a queue manager to start an application automatically when predetermined
conditions on a queue are satisfied.</dd>
<dt id="x2042151" class="bold">
<a name="x2042151"></a>trigger level</dt>
<dd>The number of records
written to an intrapartition transient data destination or queue that will
cause CICS to automatically initiate a task to process that queue. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014818">automatic transaction initiation</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2042156" class="bold">
<a name="x2042156"></a>trigger message</dt>
<dd>A message that contains
information about the program that a trigger monitor is to start.</dd>
<dt id="x2042161" class="bold">
<a name="x2042161"></a>trigger monitor</dt>
<dd>A continuously running
application that serves one or more initiation queues. When a trigger message
arrives on an initiation queue, the trigger monitor retrieves the message.
It uses the information in the trigger message to start a process that serves
the queue on which a trigger event occurred.</dd>
<dt id="x2042166" class="bold">
<a name="x2042166"></a>trigger point</dt>
<dd>In REXX, a threshold
or boundary limit used in the REXX FORMAT function.</dd>
<dt id="x2042171" class="bold">
<a name="x2042171"></a>trigger program</dt>
<dd>A program that contains
a set of trigger actions.</dd>
<dt id="x2042176" class="bold">
<a name="x2042176"></a>trigger time</dt>
<dd>The time the trigger
action runs before or after the trigger event operates.</dd>
<dt id="x2042181" class="bold">
<a name="x2042181"></a>trigraph</dt>
<dd>In DB2 UDB for iSeries, a sequence of 3 characters entered
into a C-language source file to create a character from the C-language character
set that is not available on certain keyboards. For example, the characters
?? (are interpreted by the compiler as a left bracket ( [ ).</dd>
<dt id="x2194859" class="bold">
<a name="x2194859"></a>trim</dt>
<dd>To remove a list entry from
the end of a list opposite from the end where the new entry was added.</dd>
<dt id="x2042191" class="bold">
<a name="x2042191"></a>triplet</dt>
<dd>A length byte, a type byte,
and one or more parameter-value bytes in a Formatted Data Object Content Architecture
(FD:OCA) descriptor.</dd>
<dt id="x2042196" class="bold">
<a name="x2042196"></a>Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)</dt>
<dd>In Internet communications, a set of conventions that transfers files
between hosts using minimal protocol.</dd>
<dt id="x2387112" class="bold">
<a name="x2387112"></a>TRLAN</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2313137">token-ring network</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2210382" class="bold">
<a name="x2210382"></a>Trojan horse</dt>
<dd>A computer program that
appears to perform a useful and innocent function. However, it contains hidden
functions that use approved authorizations assigned to the user when they
start the program. For example, it may copy internal authorization information
from a computer and send it back to the originator of the Trojan horse.</dd>
<dt id="x2217801" class="bold">
<a name="x2217801"></a>troubleshooter</dt>
<dd>An application that
assists a user in locating a problem and that provides a possible solution
to the problem.</dd>
<dt id="x2042206" class="bold">
<a name="x2042206"></a>truncate</dt>
<dd>(1) To cut off data that cannot
be printed or displayed in the line width specified or available. See also <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023221">fold</a>.</dd>
<dd>(2) To shorten a field, value, or statement
to a specified length.</dd>
<dt id="x2042214" class="bold">
<a name="x2042214"></a>trunk</dt>
<dd>In telephony, circuits that
connect two switching systems, as opposed to connecting a customer line to
a switching system.</dd>
<dt id="x2042219" class="bold">
<a name="x2042219"></a>trunk line</dt>
<dd>A telecommunications line
that links a private telecommunications system to a public switched network.</dd>
<dt id="x2042224" class="bold">
<a name="x2042224"></a>trusted</dt>
<dd>Pertaining to the control
of a security policy.</dd>
<dt id="x2042229" class="bold">
<a name="x2042229"></a>Trusted Computing Base (TCB)</dt>
<dd>The
combination of hardware and software in a computer system that enforces a
unified security policy. This term is used by the U.S. Department of Defense.</dd>
<dt id="x2042234" class="bold">
<a name="x2042234"></a>trusted root</dt>
<dd>In the Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL), the public key and associated distinguished name of a certificate
authority (CA).</dd>
<dt id="x2042239" class="bold">
<a name="x2042239"></a>trusted system</dt>
<dd>A system in a network
over which you have control of security. A trusted system can directly communicate
only with other systems in the network.</dd>
<dt id="x2042249" class="bold">
<a name="x2042249"></a>TS</dt>
<dd>(1) See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2042008">transmission
services</a>.</dd>
<dd>(2) See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041226">temporary storage</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2042253" class="bold">
<a name="x2042253"></a>TSAP</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2042079">transport-layer
service access point</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2042257" class="bold">
<a name="x2042257"></a>TSAP selector</dt>
<dd>In OSI, an external
identifier for a service access point at the Transport Layer. The TSAP selector
is part of a presentation address.</dd>
<dt id="x2042262" class="bold">
<a name="x2042262"></a>TSDU</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2042084">transport-layer
service data unit</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2189318" class="bold">
<a name="x2189318"></a>TS profile</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2042003">transmission services profile</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2194210" class="bold">
<a name="x2194210"></a>TTD character</dt>
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041231">temporary-text-delay character</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2069419" class="bold">
<a name="x2069419"></a>tumble</dt>
<dd>Pertaining to printing on
both sides of a sheet of paper such that the bottom of the printed image on
one side of the paper is juxtaposed against the top of the printed image on
the other side of the paper. See also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2038953">simplex</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2042270" class="bold">
<a name="x2042270"></a>tunnel</dt>
<dd>An L2TP access concentrator
(LAC)-L2TP network server (LNS) pair. A tunnel carries Point-to-Point Protocol
(PPP) datagrams between the LAC and the LNS. There may be many sessions in
a single tunnel. A control connection that operates in the tunnel controls
the establishment, release, and maintenance of sessions and the tunnel itself.</dd>
<dt id="x2042275" class="bold">
<a name="x2042275"></a>turnaround</dt>
<dd>In communications, pertaining
to changing a communications line from being able to send to being able to
receive, or from being able to receive to being able to send.</dd>
<dt id="x2042280" class="bold">
<a name="x2042280"></a>turnaround time</dt>
<dd>In communications,
the time required to reverse the direction from sending to receiving or from
receiving to sending on a communications line.</dd>
<dt id="x2042285" class="bold">
<a name="x2042285"></a>Tutorial System Support</dt>
<dd>An education
course, supplied with the operating system licensed program, that provides
introductory education for a variety of computer users, including system operators
and business and data processing professionals. Tutorial System Support is
part of the total IBM curriculum for the iSeries system, which consists of classroom
training and other methods of self-study.</dd>
<dt id="x2042290" class="bold">
<a name="x2042290"></a>twinaxial cable</dt>
<dd>A cable made of two
twisted wires inside a shield.</dd>
<dt id="x2042295" class="bold">
<a name="x2042295"></a>twinaxial data link control (TDLC)</dt>
<dd>A communications function that allows personal computers, which are attached
to the work station controller by twinaxial cable, to use advanced program-to-program
communications (APPC) or Advanced Peer-to-Peer
Networking&reg; (APPN) support.</dd>
<dt id="x2042300" class="bold">
<a name="x2042300"></a>twisted-pair</dt>
<dd>Pertaining to a transmission
medium that consists of two insulated conductors twisted together to reduce
interference. For example, twisted-pair wiring can be used as an alternative
to twinaxial cable.</dd>
<dt id="x2005483" class="bold">
<a name="x2005483"></a>two-phase commit</dt>
<dd>(1) The protocol that
permits updates to protected resources to be committed or rolled back as a
unit. During the first phase, agents are asked if they are ready to commit.
If all agents respond positively, they are asked to commit their updates.
Otherwise, the agents are asked to roll back their updates.</dd>
<dd>(2) A
protocol for the coordination of changes to recoverable resources when more
than one resource manager is used by a single transaction. See also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2039011">single-phase commit</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2042311" class="bold">
<a name="x2042311"></a>two-port communications adapter cable</dt>
<dd>A cable that connects a 50-pin connector on a communications adapter
card to two other communications cables that have 25-pin connectors (ports).</dd>
<dt id="x2042316" class="bold">
<a name="x2042316"></a>type</dt>
<dd>(1) In the Application Development
Manager feature of the Application Development ToolSet, the third qualifier
of a part name that uniquely identifies a part within a specific group by
identifying the kind of information the part contains.</dd>
<dd>(2) In Java&trade; programming, a class or interface.</dd>
<dt id="x2042327" class="bold">
<a name="x2042327"></a>typed data</dt>
<dd>In OSI, a data transfer
service provided by the session layer that enables an application entity to
send data whether or not it has permission to send.</dd>
<dt id="x2137205" class="bold">
<a name="x2137205"></a>typeface</dt>
<dd>All characters of a single
type family or style, weight class, width class, and posture, regardless of
size. An example is Helvetica bold condensed italic, in any point size. See
also <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023247">font</a>.</dd>
<dt id="x2042336" class="bold">
<a name="x2042336"></a>type of service</dt>
<dd>In QoS, a 3-bit field
within a packet's IP header that signals to routers and other network devices
the level of QoS to apply to the packet.</dd></dl>
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