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<p>Return to <a href="as4glos.htm#as4glos">Glossary</a>.</p>
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<dl>
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<dt id="x2012698" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012698"></a>abbreviated combined relation condition</dt>
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<dd>In COBOL, a combined condition that omits a common subject or a common
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subject and common relational operator from a consecutive sequence of relational
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conditions. For example, (A and B) or (A and C) can be abbreviated A and (B
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or C).</dd>
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<dt id="x2012703" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012703"></a>abbreviated installation</dt>
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<dd>A process
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in which the verification and i5/OS™ error recovery part of installation is
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done without restoring the saved version of the operating system. See also <a href="rzaatn.htm#x2031693">normal installation</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012712" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012712"></a>ABME</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014256">asynchronous
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balanced mode extended</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012716" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012716"></a>abort</dt>
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<dd>In data communications, a function
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called by a sending primary, secondary, or combined station that causes the
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recipient to discard and ignore all bit sequences transmitted by the sender
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since the preceding flag sequences or to discard and ignore all data transmitted
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by the sender since the previous checkpoint.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012721" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012721"></a>absolute path name</dt>
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<dd>A string of characters
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used to refer to an object, starting at the highest level (or root) of the
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directory hierarchy. The absolute path name must begin with a slash (/), which
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indicates that the path begins at the root. See also <a href="rzaatr.htm#x2036473">relative path name</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012726" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012726"></a>absolute positional pattern</dt>
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<dd>In REXX,
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the part of a parsing template that allows a string to be split by the specification
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of numeric positions. A positional pattern has no sign or has an equal sign.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012731" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012731"></a>absolute time</dt>
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<dd>A point in time relative
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to a selected previous point in time from which the timescale (or measurement
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of time) begins. For example if you wanted to start a batch job using absolute
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time and the timescale begins at midnight, then specifying an absolute time
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of 07:00 would mean that the batch job runs at 7am. If the timescale begins
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at 9am with an absolute time of 07:00, the batch job would run at 4pm.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012736" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012736"></a>absolute value</dt>
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<dd>The magnitude of a
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number.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012741" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012741"></a>abstract syntax</dt>
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<dd>A data specification
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that includes all distinctions that are needed in data transmissions, but
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that omits (abstracts) other details such as those that depend on specific
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computer architectures. See also <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041907">transfer syntax</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012746" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012746"></a>Abstract Syntax Checker (ASC)</dt>
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<dd>In
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OSI, a utility program for OSI Communications Subsystem that processes user-specified
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ASN.1 statements and generates (a) data structures in a user-selected programming
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language that define the format of the data used to communicate with peer
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application entities, and (b) the metatable that OSI Communications Subsystem
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uses to encode and decode the data passed between application entities.</dd>
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<dt id="x2120919" class="bold">
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<a name="x2120919"></a>Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)</dt>
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<dd>In Open Systems Interconnection (OSI), a notation for defining data structures
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and data types. The notation is defined in international standards ISO 8824/ITU
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X.208 and ISO 8825/ITU X.209.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012759" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012759"></a>Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT)</dt>
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<dd>In Java™ programming, a collection of GUI components that were implemented
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using native-platform versions of the components. These components provide
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that subset of functionality which is common to all operating system environments.
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(Sun)</dd>
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<dt id="x2012764" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012764"></a>abuttal operator</dt>
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<dd>In REXX, when two
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terms in an expression are adjacent and are not separated by an operator,
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they are said to abut. The effect of this operation is that the two terms
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are concatenated without a blank.</dd>
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<dt id="x2168811" class="bold">
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<a name="x2168811"></a>ac</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013624">alternating
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current</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012769" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012769"></a>accept calls</dt>
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<dd>An inbound X.25 DTE
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attribute that determines whether or not the local node accepts a call from
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an adjacent node.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012774" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012774"></a>accept reverse charging</dt>
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<dd>An inbound
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X.25 DTE attribute that determines whether or not the local node pays for
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a call from an adjacent node.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012779" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012779"></a>access</dt>
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<dd>The ability to read, update,
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or otherwise use a resource. Access to protected resources is usually controlled
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by system software.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012788" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012788"></a>access control</dt>
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<dd>In computer security,
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the process of ensuring that only authorized users can access the resources
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of a computer system in authorized ways.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012793" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012793"></a>access control list (ACL)</dt>
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<dd>In computer
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security, a list associated with an object that identifies all the subjects
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that can access the object and their access rights. For example, an access
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control list is a list that is associated with a file that identifies the
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users who can access the file and that identified the user's access rights
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to that file.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012806" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012806"></a>access control list group (ACL group)</dt>
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<dd>In the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), a group of users
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who have the same access privileges. Changing the privileges of an ACL group
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changes the privileges of its members.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012816" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012816"></a>access intent</dt>
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<dd>The resource type attribute
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that determines how a resource participates in a transaction when the resource
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has been placed under commitment control. The possible access intents are
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update, read-only, and undetermined access intent.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012821" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012821"></a>access key</dt>
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<dd>In the Application Development
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Manager feature of the Application Development ToolSet licensed program, an
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identifier that shows which user currently has exclusive update authority
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to a part. An access key is set when a user checks out a part. This key prevents
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one user from overwriting the changes made by another user.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012826" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012826"></a>access method</dt>
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<dd>A technique for moving
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data between main storage and input/output devices.</dd>
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<dt id="x2000034" class="bold">
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<a name="x2000034"></a>access path</dt>
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<dd>The method that is selected
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by the database manager for retrieving data from a specific table. For example,
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an access path can involve the use of an index, a sequential scan, or a combination
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of the two.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012837" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012837"></a>access path journaling</dt>
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<dd>A method of
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recording changes to an access path as changes are made to the data in the
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database file so that the access path can be recovered automatically by the
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system.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012842" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012842"></a>access permission</dt>
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<dd>The object authority
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to a high-performance file system file.</dd>
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<dt id="x2000042" class="bold">
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<a name="x2000042"></a>access plan</dt>
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<dd>In DB2® UDB for iSeries™, the control structure produced during compile time that is used to
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process SQL statements encountered when the program is run.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012850" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012850"></a>access point</dt>
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<dd>A cluster node that
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is being used as the primary source for replicated objects and as the primary
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source for initiating changes to the object.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012868" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012868"></a>accountability</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatn.htm#x2031653">nonrepudiation</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012872" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012872"></a>accounting code</dt>
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<dd>A 15-character field,
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assigned to a job by the system when it is processed by the system, that is
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used to collect statistics for the system resources used for that job when
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job accounting is active.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012877" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012877"></a>accounting entry</dt>
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<dd>A journal entry
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that contains statistics of system resources used for job accounting.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012882" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012882"></a>accounting level</dt>
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<dd>A system value identifying
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the type of data to be recorded when job accounting is active.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012887" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012887"></a>accounting segment</dt>
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<dd>The period of
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time during which statistics are gathered, beginning when the job starts or
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when the job's accounting code is changed, and ending when the job ends or
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when the job's accounting code is next changed.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012892" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012892"></a>ACD</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014724">automatic
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call distribution</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012896" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012896"></a>ACD group</dt>
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<dd>In telephony, the set of
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multiple agents assigned to process incoming telephone calls that are directed
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to the same dialed number. The routing of incoming calls to one of the agents
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in the ACD group is based on such properties as availability of the agent
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and length of time since the agent completed the last incoming call.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012901" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012901"></a>ACD pilot number</dt>
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<dd>In telephony, the
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common telephone number that calling parties can dial to route calls to one
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of multiple agents.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012910" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012910"></a>ACK</dt>
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<dd>(1) See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2012924">acknowledgment
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character</a>.</dd>
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<dd>(2) See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2012919">acknowledgment</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012932" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012932"></a>ACK0</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaate.htm#x2027094">even
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positive acknowledgment</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012937" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012937"></a>ACK1</dt>
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<dd>In BSC, the odd-numbered, positive
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acknowledgment character, which indicates that text was received without transmission
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errors.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012914" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012914"></a>acknowledged service</dt>
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<dd>In communications,
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the service that provides for the establishment of a data link level connection.
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Acknowledged service provides for functions such as sequencing, flow control,
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and error recovery. SNA requires the use of acknowledged services. See also <a href="rzaatu.htm#x2042407">unacknowledged service</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012919" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012919"></a>acknowledgment (ACK)</dt>
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<dd>The transmission
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of acknowledgment characters as a positive response to a data transmission.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012924" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012924"></a>acknowledgment character (ACK)</dt>
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<dd>A
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transmission control character that is sent as an affirmative response to
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a data transmission.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012942" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012942"></a>ACL</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2012793">access
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control list</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2044414" class="bold">
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<a name="x2044414"></a>ACL group</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2012806">access control list group</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012946" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012946"></a>acoustic panel</dt>
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<dd>A panel bonded with
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a material to reduce operating noise from the devices in the rack.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012951" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012951"></a>acquire</dt>
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<dd>To assign a display station
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or session to a program.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012956" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012956"></a>acquire-program-device operation</dt>
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<dd>An operation that makes a program device available for input or output operations.
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See also <a href="rzaatr.htm#x2036531">release-program-device operation</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012961" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012961"></a>ACRI</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013161">additional
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coding-related required information</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012965" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012965"></a>ACSE</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014190">association
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control service element</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012969" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012969"></a>ACSE association</dt>
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<dd>In OSI, an association
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that uses the services provided by association control service elements.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012974" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012974"></a>action</dt>
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<dd>A defined task that an application
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performs on a managed object as a result of an event.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012979" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012979"></a>action service</dt>
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<dd>In OSI, a callable
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service that causes the OSI Communications Subsystem to take an action, such
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as a data transfer. See also <a href="rzaatc.htm#x2016013">callable service</a>, <a href="rzaate.htm#x2027591">extract service</a>, <a href="rzaats.htm#x2038604">set services</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012984" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012984"></a>actions profile</dt>
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<dd>In VisualAge® RPG, a
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collection of actions that can be associated with a specific project.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012989" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012989"></a>action subroutine</dt>
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<dd>In VisualAge RPG, logic
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written by the user to respond to a specific event.</dd>
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<dt id="x2012994" class="bold">
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<a name="x2012994"></a>activate</dt>
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<dd>(1) To allocate static storage
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for a program.</dd>
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<dd>(2) To make a resource ready to perform its function.</dd>
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<dt id="x2196401" class="bold">
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<a name="x2196401"></a>activate logical unit (ACTLU)</dt>
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<dd>In
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SNA, a command used to start a session on a logical unit.</dd>
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<dt id="x2049665" class="bold">
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<a name="x2049665"></a>activate physical unit (ACTPU)</dt>
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<dd>In
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SNA, a command used to start a session on a physical unit.</dd>
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<dt id="x2013002" class="bold">
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<a name="x2013002"></a>activation</dt>
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<dd>A processing step that
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prepares a program to be run. Activation can include allocating and initializing
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static storage for programs in a job and completing some portions of binding.</dd>
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<dt id="x2013007" class="bold">
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<a name="x2013007"></a>activation group</dt>
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<dd>A substructure of
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a job in which Integrated Language Environment® (ILE) programs and service
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programs are activated. This substructure contains the resources necessary
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to run the program. These resources include: static and global program variables,
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dynamic storage, temporary data management resources, certain types of exception
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handlers and ending procedures.</dd>
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<dt id="x2013012" class="bold">
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<a name="x2013012"></a>activation group number</dt>
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<dd>A 4-byte
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number that uniquely identifies an activation group within the job.</dd>
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<dt id="x2013017" class="bold">
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<a name="x2013017"></a>active</dt>
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<dd>(1) Pertaining to a resource when
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it has been activated and is operational. In a multitasking environment, the
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active session is the one in the foreground of the display.</dd>
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<dd>(2) In
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cross-site mirroring, pertaining to the configuration state of a mirror copy
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that indicates geographic mirroring is being performed.</dd>
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<dt id="x2013022" class="bold">
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<a name="x2013022"></a>active attack</dt>
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<dd>In computer security,
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an assault on a network that involves an intruder who tries to break into
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or take over a computer that belongs to someone else. Spoofing is an example
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of an active attack.</dd>
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<dt id="x2013032" class="bold">
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<a name="x2013032"></a>active file</dt>
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<dd>A file on a tape or diskette
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volume with an expiration date later than the system date.</dd>
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<dt id="x2013037" class="bold">
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<a name="x2013037"></a>active group job</dt>
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<dd>A group job that
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was not suspended by the Transfer to Group Job (TFRGRPJOB) command.</dd>
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<dt id="x2013042" class="bold">
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<a name="x2013042"></a>active open</dt>
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<dd>In TCP/IP, the state
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of a connection that is actively providing a service. See also <a href="rzaatp.htm#x2033272">passive open</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2013047" class="bold">
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<a name="x2013047"></a>active record</dt>
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<dd>An active subfile record
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or any record format that is currently shown on a display. See also <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025081">inactive record</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2013052" class="bold">
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<a name="x2013052"></a>active sort table</dt>
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<dd>A system-supplied
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sort table that contains the collating sequences for all defined double-byte
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characters in a double-byte character set. These tables are maintained by
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the character generator utility function of the Application Development ToolSet
|
|
licensed program.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013057" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013057"></a>active subfile</dt>
|
|
<dd>A subfile in which
|
|
a write operation is issued to the subfile record format or to the subfile
|
|
control record format when the DDS Subfile Initialize (SFLINZ) keyword for
|
|
display files is in effect.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013062" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013062"></a>active subfile record</dt>
|
|
<dd>A record that
|
|
is added to the subfile by a write operation, or a record that was initialized
|
|
by the DDS keyword SFLINZ. See also <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025086">inactive subfile
|
|
record</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013067" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013067"></a>active window</dt>
|
|
<dd>The window with which
|
|
a user is currently interacting. This is the window that receives keyboard
|
|
input. It is distinguishable by the unique color of its title bar and border.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013072" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013072"></a>activity</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In OSI, a logical unit of
|
|
work into which peer application entities can separate the data that they
|
|
exchange.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) In System Manager, a change management operation initiated
|
|
by the central site, for example, sending an object, deleting a file, and
|
|
installing a PTF. An activity is a single stop within a change request.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013080" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013080"></a>activity condition</dt>
|
|
<dd>In System Manager,
|
|
the criteria that must be met before the activity can start running.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013085" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013085"></a>activity level</dt>
|
|
<dd>A characteristic of
|
|
a subsystem that specifies the maximum number of jobs that can compete at
|
|
the same time for the processing unit.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013095" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013095"></a>activity trail</dt>
|
|
<dd>A record of operations
|
|
that is used to identify which activities were done, the order in which they
|
|
were done, and who performed them.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2196405" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2196405"></a>ACTLU</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2196401">activate logical unit</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013105" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013105"></a>ACTPU</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2049665">activate physical unit</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013110" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013110"></a>actual decimal point</dt>
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, the
|
|
physical representation of the decimal point position in data using either
|
|
of the decimal point characters (. or ,). The actual decimal point appears
|
|
in printed reports and requires a position in storage. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014225">assumed decimal point</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013115" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013115"></a>actuator</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) A device that causes mechanical
|
|
motion.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) The device within an auxiliary storage device that moves
|
|
the read/write heads.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013123" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013123"></a>adapter</dt>
|
|
<dd>A mechanism for connecting
|
|
two unlike parts or machines, or for electrically or physically connecting
|
|
a device to a computer or to another device.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013136" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013136"></a>adapter handler</dt>
|
|
<dd>In iSeries Access, a
|
|
program that controls the operation of a communications adapter. For example,
|
|
the twinaxial adapter handler controls the operation of a twinaxial adapter
|
|
that is used to connect a personal computer to an iSeries server for iSeries Access functions.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013141" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013141"></a>adapter support software</dt>
|
|
<dd>The software
|
|
used to operate adapters in a PC system and provide a common interface to
|
|
application programs.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013146" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013146"></a>adaptive pacing</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2048597">adaptive session-level pacing</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2048597" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2048597"></a>adaptive session-level pacing (adaptive pacing,
|
|
adaptive session pacing)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A form of session-level pacing in which
|
|
session components exchange pacing windows that may vary in size during the
|
|
course of a session. This allows transmission within a network to adapt dynamically
|
|
to variations in availability and demand of buffers on a session-by-session
|
|
basis. Session-level pacing occurs within independent stages along the session
|
|
path according to local congestion at the intermediate and endpoint nodes.
|
|
See also <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2055053">fixed session-level pacing</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2048602" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2048602"></a>adaptive session pacing</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2048597">adaptive session-level pacing</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013151" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013151"></a>add authority</dt>
|
|
<dd>A data authority that
|
|
allows the user to add entries to an object; for example, to add job entries
|
|
to a job queue or to add records to a file. See also <a href="rzaatd.htm#x2020073">delete authority</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013156" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013156"></a>add-in</dt>
|
|
<dd>A third-party application
|
|
that adds new function to the iSeries Access for Windows® licensed
|
|
program.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013161" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013161"></a>additional coding-related required information
|
|
(ACRI)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A specification that is required by an encoding scheme
|
|
to complete its definition, which extends beyond the character set and code
|
|
page elements. An example of additional coding-related required information
|
|
is the ranges for valid first bytes of double-byte code points in a PC mixed-byte
|
|
coded character set.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013170" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013170"></a>address</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In word processing, the location,
|
|
identified by an address code, of a specific section of the recording medium
|
|
or storage. Also, the numbers that identify such a location.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) The second part of a two-part user identification used to send distributions.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(3) The unique code assigned to each device, workstation or system
|
|
connected to a network.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013189" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013189"></a>addressing</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) A method of identifying
|
|
storage locations.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) In data communications, the way that the sending
|
|
or control station selects the station to which it is sending data.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013197" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013197"></a>address pool</dt>
|
|
<dd>In data communications,
|
|
a collection of multipoint addresses. Each address can be associated with
|
|
an individual communications session.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013202" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013202"></a>Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A protocol that dynamically maps an IP address to a network adapter address
|
|
in a local area network.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2341444" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2341444"></a>address switch</dt>
|
|
<dd>A switch on a device
|
|
that the user sets to represent the address of that device.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013212" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013212"></a>address type</dt>
|
|
<dd>In data communications,
|
|
a value used to define the format and contents of an address field. Address
|
|
types are associated with the originator address, the recipient address, and
|
|
the reply-to address information. The address types supported by a system
|
|
are defined when the mail server framework is configured. The value associated
|
|
with an address type must be unique.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013221" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013221"></a>adjacent destination node</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI,
|
|
a destination node that is also an adjacent node--that is, attached to the
|
|
same subnetwork as the local node. See also <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025817">intermediate
|
|
system</a>, <a href="rzaatn.htm#x2031583">nonadjacent destination node</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013236" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013236"></a>adjacent node</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI, a node that
|
|
is attached to the same subnetwork as the local node. An adjacent node can
|
|
be either a destination node or a relay node. An adjacent node can be either
|
|
a destination node or a relay node.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013241" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013241"></a>adjust</dt>
|
|
<dd>To move text so that it fits
|
|
between the defined left and right margins or between the first and last typing
|
|
lines.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013246" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013246"></a>ADMD</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013260">administration
|
|
management domain</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013260" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013260"></a>administration management domain (ADMD)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI X.400, a public organization that handles a management domain.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2341747" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2341747"></a>administrative domain</dt>
|
|
<dd>A collection
|
|
of hosts and routers, and the interconnecting networks, that are managed by
|
|
a single administrative authority.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013270" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013270"></a>Administrative Facility</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI, an
|
|
interactive, menu-driven utility provided by OSI Communications Subsystem
|
|
with which users define and maintain their network layout, installed protocols,
|
|
available application entities, and other information used by OSI Communications
|
|
Subsystem.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013275" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013275"></a>administrative repository</dt>
|
|
<dd>A database
|
|
that contains configuration, problem, change, and inventory information needed
|
|
to administer the information system. The repository can be used to perform
|
|
the functions of configuration management, problem management, and change
|
|
management.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013280" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013280"></a>admission control</dt>
|
|
<dd>A policy decision
|
|
that is applied initially to QoS reservation requests for controlling the
|
|
admission of network traffic into the network. Admission control is the process
|
|
of ensuring that the load on the network links is manageable.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013285" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013285"></a>adopted authority</dt>
|
|
<dd>Authority given
|
|
to the user by the object while the object is running. The object must be
|
|
created with owner authority. These object types can have adopted authority:
|
|
program, service program, and SQL package.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2187007" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2187007"></a>ADTS Client Server</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013804">Application Development ToolSet Client Server</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013294" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013294"></a>ADTS CS</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013804">Application Development ToolSet Client Server</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013298" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013298"></a>advanced assistance level</dt>
|
|
<dd>The type
|
|
of displays that provide the same functions as the intermediate assistance
|
|
level. However, the displays contain as much information as possible by not
|
|
displaying the allowed function keys and options.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013308" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013308"></a>Advanced DBCS Printer Support</dt>
|
|
<dd>The IBM® licensed
|
|
program that provides support for printers capable of printing double-byte
|
|
character sets (DBCS).</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2121049" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2121049"></a>Advanced Function Presentation™</dt>
|
|
<dd>A set of licensed programs, together with user applications,
|
|
that use the all-points-addressable concept to print data on a wide variety
|
|
of printers or to display data on a variety of display devices. AFP™ includes creating,
|
|
formatting, archiving, retrieving, viewing, distributing, and printing information.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2121059" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2121059"></a>Advanced Function Presentation data stream (AFPDS)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A presentation data stream that is processed
|
|
in AFP environments. MO:DCA-P is the AFP interchange data stream. IPDS™ is the AFP printer data
|
|
stream.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2000080" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2000080"></a>Advanced Peer-to-Peer
|
|
Networking® (APPN)</dt>
|
|
<dd>Data communications support that routes
|
|
data in a network between two or more APPC systems that do not need to be
|
|
directly connected.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013341" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013341"></a>advanced printer function (APF)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A function of the Application Development ToolSet licensed program that allows
|
|
a user to design symbols, logos, special characters, large characters, and
|
|
forms tailored to a business or data processing application.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2048774" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2048774"></a>Advanced Program-to-Program Communication (APPC)</dt>
|
|
<dd>An implementation of the SNA LU 6.2 protocol that allows interconnected
|
|
systems to communicate and share the processing of programs.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013351" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013351"></a>advisor</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In Performance Tools, a tool
|
|
used to analyze data collected by the performance monitor function of the
|
|
operating system. The advisor analyzes a collection of performance data and
|
|
produces a list of conclusions and recommendations to improve system performance.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) An application that provides a recommendation or suggestion that
|
|
is based on input from the user. Advisors do not perform functions or change
|
|
system values.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013359" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013359"></a>AE</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013819">application
|
|
entity</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013363" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013363"></a>AE title</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013869">application entity title</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2403701" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2403701"></a>AFPDS</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2121059">Advanced Function Presentation data stream</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013384" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013384"></a>AFP resource</dt>
|
|
<dd>One of the resources
|
|
that are used to produce printed output, including form definitions, page
|
|
definitions, fonts, overlays (electronic forms), and page segments (graphic
|
|
images).</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2000095" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2000095"></a>after-image</dt>
|
|
<dd>The contents of a record
|
|
in a physical file after the data is changed by a write or an update operation.
|
|
See also <a href="rzaatb.htm#x2000336">before-image</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2000100" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2000100"></a>agent</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In the two-phase commit protocol,
|
|
a node at the bottom of the transaction program network hierarchy.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) A function that represents a requester to a server.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(3) An entity
|
|
that represents one or more objects by (a) emitting notifications regarding
|
|
events and (b) handling requests from managers to modify or query the objects.
|
|
Users and systems can act as agents.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(4) In telephony, a customer
|
|
service person whose job is to handle incoming or outgoing telephone calls.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2000113" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2000113"></a>aggregate function</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatc.htm#x2000720">column function</a>. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2000113">aggregate function</a>, <a href="rzaats.htm#x2004437">scalar function</a>, <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2005066">table function</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013418" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013418"></a>aggregate line speed</dt>
|
|
<dd>The maximum
|
|
possible speed that data can be transmitted using a communications controller.
|
|
The speed is determined using the sum of the speeds of the communications
|
|
lines attached to the communications controller.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013423" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013423"></a>aggregate type</dt>
|
|
<dd>A user-defined data
|
|
type that combines basic types, such as char, short, and float, into a more
|
|
complex type, such as structs, arrays, strings, or sequences.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2021913" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2021913"></a>AH</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014585">Authentication
|
|
Header</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013428" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013428"></a>AID</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014774">automatic
|
|
initiation descriptor</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014455">attention
|
|
identifier</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013432" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013432"></a>AID key</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014460">attention identifier key</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013442" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013442"></a>alert controller description</dt>
|
|
<dd>A controller
|
|
description that defines the system to which alerts will be sent on an alert
|
|
controller session.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013447" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013447"></a>alert controller session</dt>
|
|
<dd>A type of
|
|
SSCP-PU session on which alerts can be sent to a system that is designated
|
|
as an alert focal point.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013452" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013452"></a>alert description</dt>
|
|
<dd>Information in
|
|
an alert table that defines the contents of a Systems Network Architecture
|
|
(SNA) alert for a particular message ID.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013457" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013457"></a>alert filter</dt>
|
|
<dd>A filter that is used
|
|
to route and process Systems Network Architecture (SNA) alerts in a network
|
|
and automates operations for local alerts or received alerts within a network.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013462" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013462"></a>alert focal point</dt>
|
|
<dd>The system in a
|
|
network that receives and processes (logs, displays, and optionally forwards)
|
|
alerts. An alert focal point is a subset of a problem management focal point.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013467" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013467"></a>alert table</dt>
|
|
<dd>An object consisting
|
|
of alert descriptions that define the contents of a Systems Network Architecture
|
|
(SNA) alert for particular error conditions. The system-recognized identifier
|
|
for the object type is *ALRTBL.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013472" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013472"></a>algorithm</dt>
|
|
<dd>A set of well-defined rules
|
|
for the solution of a problem in a finite number of steps. For example, a
|
|
full statement of an arithmetic procedure for evaluating "sin x" to a stated
|
|
precision.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2000123" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2000123"></a>alias</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In an internet, a name assigned
|
|
to a server that makes the server independent of the name of its host system.
|
|
The alias must be defined in the domain name server.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) An alternative
|
|
name that can be used instead of the primary name.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(3) The user name
|
|
for a server in an implementation repository.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013498" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013498"></a>aliasing</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In TCP/IP host table processing,
|
|
a process used to convert internet addresses to host names or host names to
|
|
internet addresses.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) In a TCP/IP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
|
|
(SMTP) application, a process used to convert SNA distribution services (SNADS)
|
|
names in the origin and destination fields of a distribution to SMTP names.
|
|
System and personal are the two types of aliasing on the iSeries system.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013515" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013515"></a>alias queue object</dt>
|
|
<dd>A WebSphere® MQ object,
|
|
the name of which is an alias for a base queue defined to the local queue
|
|
manager. When an application or a queue manager uses an alias queue, the alias
|
|
name is resolved and the requested operation is performed on the associated
|
|
base queue.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013520" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013520"></a>all authority</dt>
|
|
<dd>An object authority
|
|
that allows the user to perform all operations on the object except those
|
|
limited to the owner or controlled by authorization list management authority.
|
|
The user can control the object's existence, specify the security for the
|
|
object, and change the object. See also <a href="rzaate.htm#x2027201">exclude authority</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013525" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013525"></a>alliance</dt>
|
|
<dd>A long-term partnership
|
|
formed between IBM and one or more other companies to develop and deliver
|
|
a technology, product, or service. The participants in an alliance share the
|
|
risks, the benefits, the revenue, and the expenses.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013530" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013530"></a>all object authority</dt>
|
|
<dd>A special authority
|
|
that allows users to use all system resources without having specific authority
|
|
to the resources.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013535" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013535"></a>allocate</dt>
|
|
<dd>To assign a resource to
|
|
a specific task.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013540" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013540"></a>allocated length</dt>
|
|
<dd>In DDS, for variable-length
|
|
character fields, the length that indicates the portion of the variable length
|
|
field that should be reserved in the fixed portion of the physical file member.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2048899" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2048899"></a>all points addressable (APA)</dt>
|
|
<dd>Able
|
|
to address, reference, and position text, overlays, and images at any defined
|
|
position or picture element (pel) on the printable area of the paper. This
|
|
capability depends on the ability of the hardware to address and to display
|
|
each picture element.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013550" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013550"></a>alphabetic character</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In DDS and IDDU,
|
|
any one of the uppercase letters A through Z or one of the characters #, $,
|
|
or @.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) In COBOL, a character that is one of the 26 uppercase letters
|
|
of the alphabet, or a space.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(3) Any one of the letters A through
|
|
Z or a through z or one of the characters #, $, or @.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013561" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013561"></a>alphabet-name</dt>
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, a user-defined
|
|
word, in the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph of the Environment Division, that names
|
|
a character set or collating sequence.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013566" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013566"></a>alphanumeric</dt>
|
|
<dd>Pertaining to a character
|
|
set that contains letters, digits, and usually other characters, such as punctuation
|
|
marks.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013574" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013574"></a>alphanumeric character</dt>
|
|
<dd>In COBOL,
|
|
any character in the character set of the computer.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013579" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013579"></a>alphanumeric cursor</dt>
|
|
<dd>In the GDDM® function, a
|
|
physical indicator on a display. The alphanumeric cursor may be moved from
|
|
one hardware cell to another.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013584" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013584"></a>alphanumeric edited item</dt>
|
|
<dd>In COBOL,
|
|
an alphanumeric data item with a PICTURE character string that contains at
|
|
least one B, 0, or /.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013589" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013589"></a>alternate index</dt>
|
|
<dd>In CICS®, an index based
|
|
on an alternate key. It allows the file to be processed in a secondary key
|
|
order.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013594" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013594"></a>alternate installation device</dt>
|
|
<dd>A tape
|
|
device that is used to load Licensed Internal Code from the tape device to
|
|
the load-source disk unit during a restore or installation operation. The
|
|
alternate installation device can be on a different bus unit or on a different
|
|
input/output processor (IOP) than the load-source disk unit.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013599" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013599"></a>alternate installation IPL</dt>
|
|
<dd>A special
|
|
type of installation IPL (a D-mode IPL) in which the system uses the installation
|
|
device to IPL itself. The system then copies the Licensed Internal Code from
|
|
the alternate installation device to the load-source disk unit.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013604" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013604"></a>alternate IPL</dt>
|
|
<dd>The process of loading
|
|
code into main storage from a designated input/output device instead of from
|
|
the load-source unit for the system, and of preparing for system operations.
|
|
An alternate IPL is a Type D IPL.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013609" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013609"></a>alternate record key</dt>
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, a
|
|
key, other than the prime record key, whose contents identify a record within
|
|
an indexed file.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013614" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013614"></a>alternate user security</dt>
|
|
<dd>On z/OS®, the authority
|
|
checks that are performed when an application requests alternate user authority
|
|
when opening a WebSphere MQ object.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013619" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013619"></a>alternating array</dt>
|
|
<dd>In RPG, two arrays
|
|
that are loaded together.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013624" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013624"></a>alternating current (ac)</dt>
|
|
<dd>An electric
|
|
current that reverses its direction at regularly recurring intervals.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013629" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013629"></a>alternating table</dt>
|
|
<dd>In RPG, two tables
|
|
that are loaded together.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013634" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013634"></a>alternative collating sequence</dt>
|
|
<dd>A
|
|
user-defined collating sequence that replaces the standard EBCDIC collating
|
|
sequence.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013639" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013639"></a>alternative console</dt>
|
|
<dd>A display device
|
|
assigned by the operating system to function as the console if the console
|
|
is not working. The system searches for an alternative console when contact
|
|
with the system console fails.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013644" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013644"></a>alternative cylinder</dt>
|
|
<dd>A cylinder on
|
|
the disk that is reserved by the system then made available in place of a
|
|
cylinder that is damaged or defective.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013649" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013649"></a>alternative line</dt>
|
|
<dd>A second switched
|
|
line to which a remote controller can be attached if the first communications
|
|
line is not available.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013654" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013654"></a>alternative sector</dt>
|
|
<dd>A sector on the
|
|
disk that is reserved by the system then made available when a sector is damaged
|
|
or defective.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013659" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013659"></a>alternative shift</dt>
|
|
<dd>In iSeries Access, an
|
|
operation that defines a different set of characters or functions for the
|
|
keyboard when the Alt key is pressed; for example, the Backspace key may represent
|
|
the clear function when the Alt key is pressed.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013664" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013664"></a>alternative transport class</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI,
|
|
a transport class that an application entity will accept for use in an association.
|
|
See also <a href="rzaatp.htm#x2034288">preferred transport class</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013720" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013720"></a>American National Standards Institute (ANSI)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A private, nonprofit organization whose membership includes private
|
|
companies, U.S. government agencies, and professional, technical, trade, labor,
|
|
and consumer organizations. ANSI coordinates the development of voluntary
|
|
consensus standards in the U.S.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014116" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014116"></a>American Standard Code for Information Interchange
|
|
(ASCII)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A standard code used for information exchange among data
|
|
processing systems, data communication systems, and associated equipment.
|
|
ASCII uses a coded character set consisting of 7-bit coded characters. See
|
|
also <a href="rzaate.htm#x2009089">Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013679" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013679"></a>analog</dt>
|
|
<dd>Pertaining to data that consists
|
|
of continuously variable physical quantities. Contrast to digital. See also <a href="rzaatd.htm#x2020551">digital</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013684" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013684"></a>anchor control</dt>
|
|
<dd>In the GUI designer
|
|
tool suite of the VisualAge RPG licensed program, when the user has selected
|
|
a group of controls in the design window, the attributes of the anchor control,
|
|
such as position, size, and alignment, are applied to the other selected controls
|
|
in the group.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013689" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013689"></a>AND relationship</dt>
|
|
<dd>The specification
|
|
of conditioning indicators so that the operation is performed only when all
|
|
conditions are met.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013703" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013703"></a>ANI</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014789">automatic
|
|
number identification</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013707" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013707"></a>A/N/K</dt>
|
|
<dd>Pertaining to alphabetic, numeric,
|
|
or katakana characters.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013712" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013712"></a>annotation</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) An added descriptive comment
|
|
or explanatory note.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) In the iSeries Business Graphics Utility, the option
|
|
that allows text to be placed on a chart.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2196408" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2196408"></a>ANSI</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013720">American
|
|
National Standards Institute</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013724" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013724"></a>AnyNet®</dt>
|
|
<dd>An IBM implementation
|
|
of the Multiprotocol Transport Network (MPTN) architecture, such as AnyNet/2
|
|
and AnyNet/MVS. AnyNet capability allows applications and associated services
|
|
that use application programming interfaces, such as sockets, ICF, or CPI-Communications,
|
|
the flexibility to use alternative network protocols, such as SNA or TCP/IP,
|
|
and a variety of subnetwork types, such as a LAN, frame-relay, and ISDN.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2049000" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2049000"></a>AP</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2000181">application
|
|
process</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013910">application program</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2049005" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2049005"></a>APA</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2048899">all
|
|
points addressable</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013729" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013729"></a>APAR</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014689">authorized
|
|
program analysis report</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013733" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013733"></a>APAR media</dt>
|
|
<dd>The diskette or the tape
|
|
to which the user collects APAR information.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013738" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013738"></a>APD</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013915">Application
|
|
Program Driver</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013742" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013742"></a>APDU</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013879">application-layer
|
|
protocol data unit</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2008801" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2008801"></a>APF</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013341">advanced
|
|
printer function</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2008805" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2008805"></a>API</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2000186">application
|
|
programming interface</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2008811" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2008811"></a>APPC</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2048774">Advanced
|
|
Program-to-Program Communication</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013748" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013748"></a>applet</dt>
|
|
<dd>A small application program
|
|
that performs a specific task and is usually portable between operating systems.
|
|
Often written in Java, applets can be downloaded from the Internet and
|
|
run in a Web browser.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2165656" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2165656"></a>Applet Viewer</dt>
|
|
<dd>An application, which
|
|
is part of Java 2 SDK, that allows you to see how an applet will
|
|
look and behave.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013764" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013764"></a>application association</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI, a
|
|
cooperative relationship between two application entities that enables them
|
|
to exchange data.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013769" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013769"></a>application boundary</dt>
|
|
<dd>During the save-while-active
|
|
operation, a point in time when all of the objects that a particular application
|
|
is dependent on are: 1) at a consistent state in relationship to each other,
|
|
and 2) in a state where the application can be started or started again.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013774" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013774"></a>application context</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI, a set
|
|
of rules for two application entities to use for an association that provides
|
|
a means for agreement on the type of processing to be done. Included are the
|
|
set of application service elements and their options that are to be used
|
|
for the association. The application context is negotiated by the ACSE when
|
|
it establishes the association.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013779" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013779"></a>application context name</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI,
|
|
a name that specifies the application context to be used for an association
|
|
and the kind of work that an application does. In OSI, application context
|
|
names are in object ID format. For applications that are defined by the ISO,
|
|
such as FTAM, the ISO specifies application context names. For other applications,
|
|
the application context names are specified by the user.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013789" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013789"></a>application developer</dt>
|
|
<dd>In the Application
|
|
Development Manager feature of the Application Development ToolSet licensed
|
|
program, an application programmer who uses the Application Development Manager
|
|
environment to develop code.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013794" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013794"></a>Application Development Manager</dt>
|
|
<dd>A feature of the Application Development ToolSet program that functions as
|
|
a change management tool for application development. Project administrators
|
|
use the Application Development Manager feature to define project hierarchies
|
|
for their application development, and to define the creation and movement
|
|
of parts, within a project hierarchy, by application developers.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013799" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013799"></a>Application Development ToolSet</dt>
|
|
<dd>The IBM licensed program that provides an integrated set of application development
|
|
tools, or utilities, to be used by programmers, analysts, and support personnel.
|
|
This package includes the following utilities: programming development manager
|
|
(PDM), source entry utility (SEU), file compare and merge utility (FCMU),
|
|
interactive source debugger (ISDB), screen design aid (SDA), data file utility
|
|
(DFU), report layout utility (RLU), and advanced printer function (APF). This
|
|
package also includes the following features: Application Dictionary Services
|
|
and Application Development Manager. In addition, the character generator
|
|
utility (CGU) is added to the package if the user's system supports the double-byte
|
|
character set (DBCS).</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013804" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013804"></a>Application Development ToolSet Client Server
|
|
( ADTS CS ADTS Client Server)</dt>
|
|
<dd>The IBM licensed program that provides support
|
|
for client/server application development on intelligent workstations. ADTS
|
|
CS allows editing, debugging, screen and report design, and visual development
|
|
of user interfaces on the workstation by using graphical user interface tools.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013809" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013809"></a>Application Dictionary Services</dt>
|
|
<dd>A feature of the Application Development ToolSet program that stores information
|
|
about objects used in applications, and their relationships to other objects.
|
|
For example, information about field definitions, data areas, files, and programs
|
|
is automatically updated while the user works with programs or modules in
|
|
the Application Dictionary Services feature.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013819" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013819"></a>application entity (AE)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Open Systems
|
|
Interconnection (OSI), the part of an application process that contains the
|
|
OSI communications functions. Application entities can have more than one
|
|
application association. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013869">application entity
|
|
title</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013824" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013824"></a>application entity common name</dt>
|
|
<dd>In
|
|
OSI, a user-defined character string recommended by ISO for identifying an
|
|
application entity. The application entity common name is part of the distinguished
|
|
name of an application entity and must be unique within its next higher-level
|
|
object--the application process common name.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013829" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013829"></a>application entity descriptor</dt>
|
|
<dd>In
|
|
OSI, information that identifies an application entity to OSI Communications
|
|
Subsystem. The application entity descriptor also specifies the default application
|
|
mode to be used for associations that are established by the application entity.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013834" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013834"></a>application entity environment</dt>
|
|
<dd>In
|
|
OSI, an environment that OSI Communications Subsystem establishes when an
|
|
application entity identifies itself to OSI Communications Subsystem. The
|
|
OSI Communications Subsystem requires that an application entity environment
|
|
be established before an application entity can be activated. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013844">application entity identifier</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013839" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013839"></a>application entity ID</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013844">application entity identifier</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013844" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013844"></a>application entity identifier (application entity
|
|
ID)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI, a parameter that identifies a particular application
|
|
entity to the programming interface. The programming interface returns the
|
|
application entity identifier when the customer program builds an application
|
|
entity environment. The customer program then uses the application entity
|
|
identifier to identify itself to OSI Communications Subsystem on later calls.
|
|
See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013834">application entity environment</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013849" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013849"></a>application entity nickname</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI,
|
|
the name by which the local OSI Communications Subsystem identifies an application
|
|
entity title.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013854" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013854"></a>application entity object class</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI, the set of objects that are application entities.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013859" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013859"></a>application entity qualifier</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI,
|
|
an optional integer field that further defines an application entity title.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013864" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013864"></a>application entity state</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI,
|
|
a state that an application entity can be in. The state of an application
|
|
entity determines what actions it can take.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013869" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013869"></a>application entity title (AE title)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI, an identifier for an application entity that supplements the generic
|
|
information in the application context name. Application entity titles are
|
|
represented as distinguished names, and can also be optionally represented
|
|
as object IDs. In object ID form, the application entity title consists of
|
|
an application process title and an optional application entity qualifier.
|
|
See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013819">application entity</a>, <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013905">application process title</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013874" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013874"></a>application layer</dt>
|
|
<dd>In the Open Systems
|
|
Interconnection (OSI) reference model, the layer that provides means for application
|
|
processes residing in open systems to exchange information and that contains
|
|
the application-oriented protocols by which these processes communicate.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013879" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013879"></a>application-layer protocol data unit (APDU)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI, a protocol data unit in the application layer.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013884" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013884"></a>application mode</dt>
|
|
<dd>In the OSI Communications
|
|
Subsystem licensed program, a set of values that represent the communications
|
|
services requested when establishing an association. If the application entity
|
|
uses the presentation layer services, the application mode specifies both
|
|
presentation layer and session layer values; if the application entity uses
|
|
the session layer services, the application mode specifies session layer values
|
|
only. The application mode also indicates the transport mode to be used for
|
|
an association.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013889" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013889"></a>application option</dt>
|
|
<dd>In System Manager,
|
|
a group of one or more loads, one of which must be a code load. An application
|
|
option is an independent piece of an application program that may or may not
|
|
be used with the base application program.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2000176" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2000176"></a>application plan</dt>
|
|
<dd>The control structure
|
|
that is produced during the bind process. DB2 Universal Database™ for z/OS and OS/390® uses the application plan to process SQL statements
|
|
that it encounters during statement execution.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2000181" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2000181"></a>application process (AP)</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In OSI,
|
|
the part of an application that resides in a single node. An application process
|
|
consists of one or more application entities and other parts of an application
|
|
that are unrelated to OSI data communications.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) A unit to which
|
|
resources and locks are allocated. An application process involves the running
|
|
of one or more programs.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(3) In DB2 UDB for iSeries, a unit that is dependent on the environment,
|
|
but has the same basic properties in all environments. An application process
|
|
is made up of one or more application groups.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013900" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013900"></a>application process common name</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI, a user-defined character string recommended by ISO for identifying
|
|
an application process. The application process common name is part of the
|
|
distinguished name of an application.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013905" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013905"></a>application process title</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI
|
|
networking, the identifier for an application process. This and the application
|
|
entity qualifier make up an application entity title. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013869">application entity title</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013910" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013910"></a>application program (AP)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A complete,
|
|
self-contained program, such as an editor or electronic mail, that performs
|
|
a specific task for the user, in contrast to system software, such as the
|
|
operating system kernel, server processes, and program libraries.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013915" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013915"></a>Application Program Driver (APD)</dt>
|
|
<dd>An IBM licensed program used to integrate multiple applications into a common
|
|
environment and to integrate functions common to those applications. The APD/400
|
|
program provides a standardized interface that allows users to access their
|
|
applications and to switch between applications.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2000186" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2000186"></a>application programming interface (API)</dt>
|
|
<dd>An interface that allows an application program that is written in a
|
|
high-level language to use specific data or functions of the operating system
|
|
or another program.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2010409" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2010409"></a>application requester</dt>
|
|
<dd>The source
|
|
of a request to a remote relational database management system (DBMS). See
|
|
also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2000199">application server</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2000199" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2000199"></a>application server</dt>
|
|
<dd>The target of
|
|
a request from an application requester. The database management system (DBMS)
|
|
at the application server site provides the requested data. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2010409">application requester</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013930" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013930"></a>application service element (ASE)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A set of functions in the application layer of OSI that provides a capability
|
|
for the interworking of application entities for a specific purpose on a single
|
|
application association. The set of functions is identified during association
|
|
establishment to be used or provided by the peer application entities.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013935" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013935"></a>application shell (SH)</dt>
|
|
<dd>The CICS facility that
|
|
provides the work management mechanism to build and refresh the application
|
|
programming environment needed to run CICS transactions.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013940" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013940"></a>application support protocol</dt>
|
|
<dd>The
|
|
protocol that connects application requesters and application servers.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013955" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013955"></a>application variable pool</dt>
|
|
<dd>The set
|
|
of all dialog variable values for an open application.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2008815" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2008815"></a>APPN</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2000080">Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013965" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013965"></a>appropriate privileges</dt>
|
|
<dd>A level of
|
|
authority possessed by a process in which the user profile under which the
|
|
process is running has *ALLOBJ special authority.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013974" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013974"></a>archive</dt>
|
|
<dd>A service that copies inactive
|
|
files from disk to removable media for longer term storage and removes the
|
|
files from disk to free disk storage space. The user can select specific objects
|
|
or groups of objects to include or exclude from the archive process.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013979" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013979"></a>archive candidate</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Backup Recovery
|
|
and Media Services, an object or document that has been selected by an archive
|
|
control group to archive. Archive candidates are reported on the Archive Candidate
|
|
Report, which is produced by the Start Archive using BRM (STRARCBRM) command.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013984" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013984"></a>archive control group</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Backup Recovery
|
|
and Media Services, a group of objects (lists) that share common archive characteristics.
|
|
The default values for archive control groups are defined in the BRM archive
|
|
policy and can be used or overridden in each archive control group.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013989" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013989"></a>archive policy</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Backup Recovery
|
|
and Media Services, a policy that defines the default values that are used
|
|
in archive control groups. Archive policy values can be overridden at the
|
|
individual archive control group level. The archive policy inherits defaults
|
|
from the system policy. System policy defaults can be used or overridden in
|
|
the archive policy.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013994" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013994"></a>archiving</dt>
|
|
<dd>A storage management operation
|
|
that saves disk space by selecting infrequently used objects, saving the objects
|
|
to tape, and then deleting the objects from disk.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2013999" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2013999"></a>area-specific help</dt>
|
|
<dd>In an application
|
|
program using DDS, help information supplied by the programmer for the area
|
|
of the screen where the cursor is located when the person using the program
|
|
presses the Help key.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2000222" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2000222"></a>argument</dt>
|
|
<dd>A value passed to or returned
|
|
from a function or procedure at run time.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014013" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014013"></a>argument list</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In REXX, a complete
|
|
set of arguments, separated by commas, that are passed between a calling routine
|
|
and a called routine.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) In UIM, a list of values that are passed
|
|
to a program.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014021" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014021"></a>arithmetic expression</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In COBOL, an
|
|
operand of certain conditional and arithmetic statements. Arithmetic expressions
|
|
consist of any of the following: an identifier described as a numeric elementary
|
|
item; a numeric constant; the figurative constant ZERO; identifiers and constants,
|
|
as just described, separated by arithmetic operators; two arithmetic expressions,
|
|
as just described, separated by an arithmetic operator; or an arithmetic expression,
|
|
as just described, enclosed in parentheses.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) A statement containing
|
|
any combination of values joined together by one or more arithmetic operators
|
|
in such a way that the statement can be processed as a single numeric value.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014029" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014029"></a>arithmetic operation</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In COBOL, the
|
|
process caused by the running of an arithmetic statement or the evaluation
|
|
of an arithmetic expression that results in a mathematically correct solution
|
|
to the arguments presented.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) An operation such as addition, subtraction,
|
|
multiplication, division, or exponentiation that is performed only on numeric
|
|
fields.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014037" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014037"></a>arithmetic operator</dt>
|
|
<dd>A symbol used
|
|
to represent a mathematical operation, such as + or -, used to indicate addition,
|
|
subtraction, multiplication, division, or exponentiation.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014048" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014048"></a>arithmetic statement</dt>
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, a
|
|
statement that causes an arithmetic operation to be run. The arithmetic statements
|
|
are the ADD, COMPUTE, DIVIDE, MULTIPLY, and SUBTRACT statements.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014053" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014053"></a>ARP</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013202">Address
|
|
Resolution Protocol</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014057" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014057"></a>array</dt>
|
|
<dd>An arrangement of data in one
|
|
or more dimensions, such as a list, table, or multidimensional arrangement
|
|
of items.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014068" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014068"></a>array element</dt>
|
|
<dd>One of the data items
|
|
in an array.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014073" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014073"></a>array file</dt>
|
|
<dd>In RPG, an input file
|
|
containing array elements.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014078" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014078"></a>array index</dt>
|
|
<dd>In RPG, the actual number
|
|
of an element in an array, or the field containing the number or relative
|
|
position of an element in an array.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014083" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014083"></a>arrival sequence</dt>
|
|
<dd>An order in which
|
|
records are retrieved that is based on the order in which records are stored
|
|
in a physical file. See also <a href="rzaatk.htm#x2028021">keyed sequence</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014088" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014088"></a>arrival sequence access path</dt>
|
|
<dd>An access
|
|
path to a database file that is arranged according to the order in which records
|
|
are stored in the physical file.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014097" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014097"></a>ASC</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2012746">Abstract
|
|
Syntax Checker</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014101" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014101"></a>ascending key</dt>
|
|
<dd>The values by which
|
|
data is arranged from the lowest value to the highest value of the key field
|
|
in accordance with the rules for comparing data items. See also <a href="rzaatd.htm#x2020175">descending key</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014106" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014106"></a>ascending key sequence</dt>
|
|
<dd>The arrangement
|
|
of data in order from the lowest value of the key field to the highest value
|
|
of the key field. See also <a href="rzaatd.htm#x2020180">descending key sequence</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014111" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014111"></a>ascending sequence</dt>
|
|
<dd>The arrangement
|
|
of data in order from the lowest value to the highest value, according to
|
|
the rules for comparing data. See also <a href="rzaatd.htm#x2020185">descending sequence</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2386508" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2386508"></a>ASCII</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014116">American Standard Code for Information Interchange</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014120" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014120"></a>ASCII line-mode display station</dt>
|
|
<dd>A display station that has the characteristics of Teletype equipment or typewriters.
|
|
The display station has a one-line input field at the bottom of the screen.
|
|
The output field is located above the input field and receives data, one line
|
|
at a time, with the most recent data at the bottom of the output field.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014125" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014125"></a>ASCII port sharing</dt>
|
|
<dd>A function that
|
|
allows the user to have different ASCII devices (programmable or nonprogrammable
|
|
work stations) share the same port, at different times, without needing to
|
|
manually create a configuration description for each new device.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014130" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014130"></a>ASE</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013930">application
|
|
service element</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014134" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014134"></a>ASN.1</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2120919">Abstract Syntax Notation One</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014138" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014138"></a>ASN.1 encoding rule</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI, a rule
|
|
that specifies the representation during transfer of the value of any ASN.1
|
|
type. ASN.1 encoding rules enable information being transferred to be identified
|
|
by the recipient as a specific value of a specific ASN.1 type.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2152818" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2152818"></a>ASN.1 type</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI, data type defined
|
|
by ASN.1 notation, for example, Boolean values and bit strings.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014148" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014148"></a>ASP</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014852">auxiliary
|
|
storage pool</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014152" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014152"></a>aspect ratio</dt>
|
|
<dd>The ratio of one dimension
|
|
to another, for example, the ratio of the width of a graphic to its height
|
|
as it appears on the display.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014157" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014157"></a>assignment</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In REXX, a single clause
|
|
with the form symbol = expression. An assignment gives a variable a new value.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) The process of giving a value to a variable.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014165" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014165"></a>assignment conversion</dt>
|
|
<dd>In the C language,
|
|
a change to the form of a value where the operand being assigned is converted
|
|
to the type of the variable receiving the assignment.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014170" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014170"></a>assignment name</dt>
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, a word
|
|
that associates a file name with a device.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014175" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014175"></a>assignment statement</dt>
|
|
<dd>A statement
|
|
that gives a value to a variable. It always contains the assignment symbol
|
|
(=).</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014180" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014180"></a>assistance level</dt>
|
|
<dd>The type of displays
|
|
that a user selects to interact with the system. The three levels of assistance
|
|
available are basic, intermediate, and advanced.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014190" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014190"></a>association control service element (ACSE)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI, a set of services defined by ISO 8649 for controlling an application
|
|
association between two application entities that communicate using a presentation
|
|
connection. The ACSE services provide a means to establish and release an
|
|
association between the application entities. The ACSE services form the
|
|
minimum part of the application layer services.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014195" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014195"></a>association environment</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI, an
|
|
environment that OSI Communications Subsystem for AS/400® establishes for an association. OSI
|
|
Communications Subsystem for AS/400 requires that an association environment
|
|
be established before an application entity can establish an association.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014200" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014200"></a>association establishment</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI,
|
|
the process of creating an association between two application entities. After
|
|
an association is established, the application entities can exchange data.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014205" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014205"></a>association ID</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014210">association identifier</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014210" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014210"></a>association identifier (association ID)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In the OSI Communications Subsystem licensed program, a parameter that
|
|
identifies a particular association to the programming interface. The programming
|
|
interface returns the association identifier when the application entity builds
|
|
an association environment. The application entity then uses the association
|
|
identifier to specify the association on later OSI Communications Subsystem
|
|
calls.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014215" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014215"></a>association release</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI, the process
|
|
of ending an association between two application entities. After an association
|
|
is released, the application entities can no longer exchange data.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014220" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014220"></a>association states</dt>
|
|
<dd>In the OSI Communications
|
|
Subsystem licensed program, the set of states that an association can be in
|
|
after an association environment is established. The state of an association
|
|
determines what actions the application entity can take for that association.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014225" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014225"></a>assumed decimal point</dt>
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, a
|
|
logical decimal point position that does not occupy a storage position in
|
|
a data item. It is used by a compiler to align a value properly for calculation
|
|
or input/output operations. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2013110">actual decimal
|
|
point</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014235" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014235"></a>asterisk fill</dt>
|
|
<dd>A type of numeric editing
|
|
that puts asterisks to the left of a number to fill unused positions. Example:
|
|
*****476.12</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014240" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014240"></a>asymmetric keys</dt>
|
|
<dd>In computer security,
|
|
the two keys in a key pair. The keys are called asymmetric because one key
|
|
holds more of the encryption pattern than the other does.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2049298" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2049298"></a>ASYNC</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2000227">asynchronous</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2000227" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2000227"></a>asynchronous (ASYNC)</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) Pertaining to
|
|
events that are not synchronized in time or do not occur in regular or predictable
|
|
time intervals. For example, input events are controlled by the user; the
|
|
program can read them later. See also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2004976">synchronous</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) In cross-site mirroring, pertaining to the mode of geographic
|
|
mirroring where the program issuing the update waits until the operation is
|
|
complete on the production copy and received for processing on the target
|
|
system.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014251" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014251"></a>asynchronous balanced mode</dt>
|
|
<dd>In communications,
|
|
an operational mode of a balanced data link in which either combined station
|
|
can send commands at any time and can initiate transmission of response frames
|
|
without explicit permission from the other combined station. See also <a href="rzaatn.htm#x2031703">normal response mode</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014256" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014256"></a>asynchronous balanced mode extended (ABME)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In communications, an operational mode in which modulus 128 sequence
|
|
numbers are used.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2000232" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2000232"></a>asynchronous batched update</dt>
|
|
<dd>A process
|
|
in which all changes to the source are recorded and applied to existing target
|
|
data at specified intervals. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2000237">asynchronous continuous
|
|
update</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2049308" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2049308"></a>asynchronous communication</dt>
|
|
<dd>A method
|
|
of communication supported by the operating system that allows an exchange
|
|
of data with a remote device, using either a start-stop line or an X.25 line.
|
|
Asynchronous communication includes the file transfer support and the interactive
|
|
terminal facility support. See also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2039777">start-stop</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2000237" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2000237"></a>asynchronous continuous update</dt>
|
|
<dd>A
|
|
process in which all changes to the source are recorded and applied to existing
|
|
target data immediately after being committed in the base table. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2000232">asynchronous batched update</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014269" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014269"></a>asynchronous controller description</dt>
|
|
<dd>A controller description that represents a remote system or device when using
|
|
asynchronous transmission methods on an asynchronous communications line or
|
|
when using non-SNA protocols on an X.25 communications line to communicate
|
|
with the system.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014274" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014274"></a>asynchronous disk I/O</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Performance
|
|
Tools, a disk access operation that is not expected to complete before program
|
|
operation can continue. See also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2040488">synchronous disk I/O</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014279" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014279"></a>asynchronous I/O</dt>
|
|
<dd>A series of input/output
|
|
operations that are being done separately from the job that requested them.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2178856" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2178856"></a>asynchronous messaging</dt>
|
|
<dd>A method of
|
|
communication between programs in which a program places a message on a message
|
|
queue, then proceeds with its own processing without waiting for a reply to
|
|
its message. See also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2040498">synchronous messaging</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014284" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014284"></a>asynchronous operation</dt>
|
|
<dd>An operation
|
|
that occurs without a regular or predictable time relationship to a specified
|
|
event. While the asynchronous operation is performed, the application program
|
|
is allowed to continue execution. For example, the calling of an error diagnostic
|
|
routing may receive control at any time during the execution of a computer
|
|
program.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014289" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014289"></a>asynchronous processing</dt>
|
|
<dd>A series
|
|
of operations that are done separately from the job in which they were requested;
|
|
for example, submitting a batch job from an interactive job at a work station.
|
|
See also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2040503">synchronous processing</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014294" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014294"></a>asynchronous/SDLC</dt>
|
|
<dd>A data-link level
|
|
communications protocol that allows data to be transmitted over an asynchronous
|
|
line using a control protocol similar to SDLC.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2139247" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2139247"></a>asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A communications method in which information is organized into small, fixed-length
|
|
cells that recur without regular or predictable time relationships. ATM incorporates
|
|
network switches and negotiated service connections.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014304" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014304"></a>asynchronous transmission (SS, SS transmission)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A method of transmission in which the sending and receiving of
|
|
data is controlled by control characters such as a start bit and a stop bit,
|
|
instead of by a timing sequence. See also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2040513">synchronous
|
|
transmission</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014388" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014388"></a>ATI</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014818">automatic
|
|
transaction initiation</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014392" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014392"></a>ATL</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2014699">automated
|
|
tape library</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014396" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014396"></a>ATM</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2139247">asynchronous
|
|
transfer mode</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014400" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014400"></a>ATM address</dt>
|
|
<dd>A 20-digit hexadecimal
|
|
number that uniquely identifies an end system in an asynchronous transfer
|
|
mode (ATM) network. i5/OS registers a unique ATM address for each input/output
|
|
adapter (IOA).</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014405" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014405"></a>ATM forum</dt>
|
|
<dd>A worldwide organization
|
|
that promotes asynchronous transfer mode within the industry and the end-user
|
|
community. The ATM forum defines two basic standards of interoperability:
|
|
user-to-network interface (UNI) 3.0 and UNI 3.1.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014415" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014415"></a>atomic</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In commitment control, a characteristic
|
|
that allows individual changes to objects to appear as a single change.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) In DB2 UDB for iSeries SQL, a characteristic of database data definition
|
|
functions that allows the function to complete or return to its original state
|
|
if a power interruption or abnormal end occurs.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014423" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014423"></a>attached processor</dt>
|
|
<dd>In telephony,
|
|
a host computer that is attached by a communications line to a telephone switch
|
|
and that is controlling some, if not all, of the switch functions.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014428" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014428"></a>attachment</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) An entire device or feature
|
|
attached to a processing unit, including required adapters.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) A
|
|
file that is attached to an e-mail message or other electronic document.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014436" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014436"></a>attachment reference</dt>
|
|
<dd>A string of
|
|
data representing a reference to an attachment. The format and contents of
|
|
the attachment reference are defined by the attachment reference type.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014441" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014441"></a>attachment reference type</dt>
|
|
<dd>A value
|
|
used to define the format and contents of an attachment reference, so that
|
|
the programs that work with specific types of attachment references are supported.
|
|
The attachment reference types supported on a system are defined when the
|
|
mail server framework is configured. The value associated with an attachment
|
|
reference type must be a unique type value.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014446" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014446"></a>attachment unit interface</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2041892">transceiver cable</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014450" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014450"></a>attended mode</dt>
|
|
<dd>An Operations Console
|
|
state that requires the local console operator to approve each remote request
|
|
for control of the iSeries server when the local console is in control.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014455" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014455"></a>attention identifier (AID)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A character
|
|
in a data stream that is sent to the host system when a display station user
|
|
presses an attention identifier (AID) key. Typical AID keys are function keys
|
|
or the Clear, Enter, Page Up, Page Down, Help, Print, and Home keys.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014460" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014460"></a>attention identifier key (AID key)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A key that causes an attention identifier (AID) to be sent to the host system
|
|
when pressed, such as a function key or the Clear, Enter, Page Up, Page Down,
|
|
Help, Print, and Home keys.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014465" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014465"></a>attention-key-handling program</dt>
|
|
<dd>A
|
|
user-defined program that is called when the workstation user presses the
|
|
Attention (Attn) key.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2000252" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2000252"></a>attribute</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In user interface manager
|
|
(UIM) tag language, an identifier used with related material that takes on
|
|
a specific meaning, such as an action to be taken or the characteristics of
|
|
text or data.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) A characteristic or trait of an entity that describes
|
|
the entity; for example, the telephone number of an employee is one of that
|
|
employee's attributes. An attribute may have a type, which indicates the range
|
|
of information given by the attribute, and a value, which is within that range.
|
|
In XML, for example, an attribute consists of a name-value pair within a tagged
|
|
element, that modifies features of the element.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014494" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014494"></a>attribute character</dt>
|
|
<dd>A character associated
|
|
with a field in a display file record format that defines how the field is
|
|
displayed.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014509" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014509"></a>attribute object</dt>
|
|
<dd>In a threaded program,
|
|
any pthreads data structure that is used to specify initial states when you
|
|
create certain resources such as threads, mutexes, and condition variables.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014527" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014527"></a>audio</dt>
|
|
<dd>Pertaining to the portion of
|
|
recorded information that can be heard.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014532" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014532"></a>audio part</dt>
|
|
<dd>In VisualAge RPG, a
|
|
nonvisible part that allows the application to play audio sounds, such as
|
|
music and speech.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014542" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014542"></a>audit</dt>
|
|
<dd>To review and examine the activities
|
|
of a data processing system mainly to test the adequacy and effectiveness
|
|
of procedures for data security and data accuracy.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014547" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014547"></a>audit journal</dt>
|
|
<dd>A journal used by the
|
|
system to keep a record of security-relevant events that occur. System name
|
|
is QAUDJRN.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014552" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014552"></a>audit level</dt>
|
|
<dd>The types of user actions
|
|
that are currently being audited for the entire system or for specific users
|
|
on the system. Actions that can be audited include authority failures and
|
|
restoring objects. A record of each action is written to the audit journal.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014557" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014557"></a>audit trail</dt>
|
|
<dd>A chronological record
|
|
of events that enables the user to examine or reconstruct that sequence of
|
|
events. Audit trails are useful for managing security and for recovering
|
|
lost transactions.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014562" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014562"></a>aural</dt>
|
|
<dd>Relating to the ear or to the
|
|
sense of hearing.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014567" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014567"></a>authentication</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In computer security,
|
|
verification of the identity of a user or process and the construction of
|
|
a data structure that contains the privileges that were granted to the user
|
|
or process.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) In computer security, a process that ensures that
|
|
the identities of both the sender and the receiver of a network transaction
|
|
are true.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014575" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014575"></a>authentication algorithm</dt>
|
|
<dd>In a virtual
|
|
private network (VPN), an algorithm that converts variable-length input data
|
|
into fixed-length output data.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014580" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014580"></a>authentication context</dt>
|
|
<dd>A data structure
|
|
that contains information that relates to a single connection between two
|
|
applications.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014585" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014585"></a>Authentication Header (AH)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In a virtual
|
|
private network (VPN), a security protocol that provides data authentication.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014590" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014590"></a>authentication level</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatp.htm#x2035258">protection level</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014595" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014595"></a>authentication method</dt>
|
|
<dd>In a virtual
|
|
private network (VPN), a procedure that is used to verify the identity of
|
|
the sender of a message.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014600" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014600"></a>authentication protocol</dt>
|
|
<dd>A formal
|
|
procedure for verifying a principal's network identity. Kerberos is an instance
|
|
of a shared-secret authentication protocol.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014605" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014605"></a>authentication server</dt>
|
|
<dd>A part of the
|
|
key distribution center (KDC) that verifies the identity of a principal through
|
|
a name and a password. If the identity is authenticated, the server issues
|
|
a ticket-granting ticket.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014620" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014620"></a>authenticator</dt>
|
|
<dd>In the Kerberos protocol,
|
|
a string of data that is generated by the client and sent with a ticket that
|
|
is used by the server to certify the identity of the client.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014625" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014625"></a>authoritative</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Domain Name System
|
|
(DNS), pertaining to a server that has complete information about a particular
|
|
domain.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2010005" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2010005"></a>authority</dt>
|
|
<dd>The right to access objects,
|
|
resources, or functions.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014633" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014633"></a>authority checking</dt>
|
|
<dd>A function of
|
|
the system that looks for and verifies a user's authority to an object.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014638" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014638"></a>authority holder</dt>
|
|
<dd>An object that specifies
|
|
and reserves an authority for a program-described database file before the
|
|
file is created. When the file is created, the authority specified in the
|
|
holder is linked to the file.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014643" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014643"></a>authority lookup</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Performance Tools,
|
|
the process whereby the Licensed Internal Code determines whether a particular
|
|
user ID is authorized to access a specific object.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014648" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014648"></a>authority nickname</dt>
|
|
<dd>In the OSI Communications
|
|
Subsystem licensed program, a nickname for the higher portion (a set of names
|
|
that are higher in the hierarchy) of an application entity's distinguished
|
|
name. The authority nickname refers to that portion of the application entity's
|
|
distinguished name above the application process common name. The authority
|
|
nickname can be shared by many application entities.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014653" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014653"></a>authorization</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) The process of granting
|
|
a user either complete or restricted access to an object, resource, or function.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) In computer security, the right granted to a user to communicate
|
|
with or make use of a computer system.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2000257" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2000257"></a>authorization ID</dt>
|
|
<dd>A character string
|
|
that designates a set of privileges and can be used to verify authority.
|
|
An authorization ID can represent an object, an individual user, an organizational
|
|
group or a function.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014664" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014664"></a>authorization list</dt>
|
|
<dd>A list of two
|
|
or more user IDs and their authorities for system resources. The system-recognized
|
|
identifier for the object type is *AUTL.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014669" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014669"></a>authorization list management authority</dt>
|
|
<dd>An object authority that allows the user to add users to, remove users
|
|
from, and change users' authorities on the authorization list.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014684" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014684"></a>authorize</dt>
|
|
<dd>To allow a user to communicate
|
|
with or make use of an object, resource, or function.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014689" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014689"></a>authorized program analysis report (APAR)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A request for correction of a defect in a current release of an IBM-supplied
|
|
program.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2049485" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2049485"></a>auto-answer</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2049535">automatic answering</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2049494" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2049494"></a>auto-call</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2049543">automatic calling</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014694" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014694"></a>AUTOEXEC.BAT</dt>
|
|
<dd>The batch file that
|
|
contains DOS commands or program names that are automatically run on a personal
|
|
computer immediately after DOS is loaded.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014699" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014699"></a>automated tape library (ATL)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A tape
|
|
library that performs its functions under direct software or application control.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014704" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014704"></a>automatic answer</dt>
|
|
<dd>In data communications,
|
|
a line type that does not require operator action to receive a call over a
|
|
switched line. See also <a href="rzaatm.htm#x2029755">manual answer</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2049535" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2049535"></a>automatic answering (auto-answer)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A machine feature that permits a station to respond without operator action
|
|
to a call it receives over a switched line. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2049543">automatic calling</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014709" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014709"></a>automatic bind</dt>
|
|
<dd>In DB2 UDB for iSeries SQL, the bind that automatically takes place when an application program
|
|
is run and the bound access plan is nullified; that is, without a user issuing
|
|
a CRTSQLxxx command (where xxx is CI, CBL, CBLI, FTN, PLI, RPG, or RPGI).</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014724" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014724"></a>automatic call distribution (ACD)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In telephony, a service that allows incoming telephone calls directed to the
|
|
same dialed number to be routed to one of multiple agents, all of whom can
|
|
provide the same service to the calling party and all of whom are assigned
|
|
to the same ACD group.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2049543" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2049543"></a>automatic calling (auto-call)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A feature
|
|
that permits a station to initiate a connection with another station over
|
|
a switched line without operator action. See also <a href="rzaatm.htm#x2029760">manual
|
|
call</a>, <a href="rzaata.htm#x2049535">automatic answering</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2049551" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2049551"></a>automatic calling unit</dt>
|
|
<dd>A common carrier
|
|
device that allows a system to automatically dial a remote location.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014734" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014734"></a>automatic cleanup</dt>
|
|
<dd>The system process
|
|
of automatically deleting items, such as old job logs, history log messages,
|
|
system journals, and system logs, from the system on a daily basis.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014739" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014739"></a>automatic configuration</dt>
|
|
<dd>A function
|
|
that names and creates the descriptions of network devices and controllers
|
|
attached to a preexisting line. The objects are also varied on at a user's
|
|
request.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014744" class="bold">
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|
<a name="x2014744"></a>automatic data</dt>
|
|
<dd>Data that is stored
|
|
in automatic storage. See also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2039805">static data</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014749" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014749"></a>automatic dial</dt>
|
|
<dd>A function of the
|
|
system that allows a system to automatically dial a remote station over a
|
|
switched line without the assistance of an operator.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014754" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014754"></a>automatic duplication</dt>
|
|
<dd>An option of
|
|
the data file utility (DFU) function of the Application Development ToolSet
|
|
licensed program that allows information from a previous record to be automatically
|
|
copied into the current record.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014759" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014759"></a>automatic duplication indicator</dt>
|
|
<dd>In DFU, a field on the DFU Entry display that tells if the automatic duplication
|
|
function is on or off.</dd>
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|
<dt id="x2014764" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014764"></a>automatic function</dt>
|
|
<dd>Work done by the
|
|
computer that a user does not explicitly have to request.</dd>
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<dt id="x2014769" class="bold">
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|
<a name="x2014769"></a>automatic hyphenation</dt>
|
|
<dd>An option available
|
|
when creating a document that automatically hyphenates words at the end of
|
|
a line when the lines are adjusted.</dd>
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|
<dt id="x2014774" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014774"></a>automatic initiation descriptor (AID)</dt>
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|
<dd>In CICS, an interval control element (ICE) that has expired. If all of its
|
|
required resources are available, it becomes an enabled AID. If it is waiting
|
|
for a resource to become free, it becomes a suspended AID.</dd>
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|
<dt id="x2014779" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014779"></a>automatic key generation</dt>
|
|
<dd>An option
|
|
of the data file utility (DFU) function of the Application Development ToolSet
|
|
licensed program that allows DFU to assign record keys to the records of a
|
|
file.</dd>
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|
<dt id="x2014784" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014784"></a>automatic Licensed Internal Code completion</dt>
|
|
<dd>A function of the system that automatically attempts to complete interrupted
|
|
machine instructions following an abnormal end of the system processing.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014789" class="bold">
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|
<a name="x2014789"></a>automatic number identification (ANI)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In telephony, a service available in the United States that is provided
|
|
by enhanced switch networks and that passes the calling party's telephone
|
|
number through the network to the called party's telephone number.</dd>
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|
<dt id="x2014794" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014794"></a>automatic ranging</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Business Graphics
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|
Utility, the use of system-supplied values to determine the intervals on a
|
|
chart so that the maximum and minimum data values can be represented on the
|
|
work station or plotter.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014799" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014799"></a>automatic report</dt>
|
|
<dd>A function of the
|
|
RPG licensed program that uses simplified specifications and standard RPG/400® specifications to create a complete RPG/400 source program.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014804" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014804"></a>automatic report program</dt>
|
|
<dd>A set of
|
|
instructions (program) that use the RPG automatic report function.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014809" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014809"></a>automatic storage</dt>
|
|
<dd>An area that is
|
|
allocated by the system when a program or procedure is called. Within automatic
|
|
storage, data is defined each time the program or procedure is called. See
|
|
also <a href="rzaatd.htm#x2021648">dynamic storage</a>, <a href="rzaats.htm#x2039830">static
|
|
storage</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014818" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014818"></a>automatic transaction initiation (ATI)</dt>
|
|
<dd>The initiation of a CICS transaction by an internally generated request, for
|
|
example, the issue of an EXEC CICS START command or the reaching of a transient
|
|
data trigger level. CICS resource definition can associate a trigger level
|
|
and a transaction with a transient data destination. When the number of records
|
|
written to the destination reaches the trigger level, the specified transaction
|
|
is automatically initiated. See also <a href="rzaatt.htm#x2042151">trigger level</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014823" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014823"></a>automatic vary on</dt>
|
|
<dd>An option specified
|
|
during the creation of configuration objects that allows them to be available
|
|
when the system is started (IPL).</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014828" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014828"></a>autonegotiation</dt>
|
|
<dd>A universal mechanism
|
|
to exchange network capabilities between two Ethernet nodes. The exchange
|
|
takes place at power-up (or link reset) time. It automatically establishes
|
|
a link that takes advantage of the highest common denominator of the mutual
|
|
capabilities of the two Ethernet nodes. The universal mechanism negotiates
|
|
capabilities that include link speed, PHY types, and full duplex or half duplex.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014833" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014833"></a>autostart</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) An OSI Communications Subsystem
|
|
function that starts an X.25 line automatically when the line set that it
|
|
belongs to is started.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) Pertaining to a system activity that starts
|
|
automatically, usually based on the start or end of some other activity.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014842" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014842"></a>autostart job</dt>
|
|
<dd>A batch job doing repetitive
|
|
work or one-time initialization work that is associated with a particular
|
|
subsystem. The autostart jobs associated with a subsystem are automatically
|
|
started each time the subsystem is started.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014847" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014847"></a>auxiliary storage</dt>
|
|
<dd>All addressable
|
|
storage other than main storage. See also <a href="rzaatm.htm#x2030069">memory</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014852" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014852"></a>auxiliary storage pool (ASP)</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) A group
|
|
of disk units defined from the auxiliary storage devices. See also system
|
|
ASP and user ASP. See also <a href="rzaats.htm#x2040586">system ASP</a>, <a href="rzaatu.htm#x2042741">user ASP</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) One or more storage units that are defined from
|
|
the storage devices or storage device subsystems that make up auxiliary storage.
|
|
An ASP provides a way of organizing data to limit the impact of storage-device
|
|
failures and to reduce recovery time. See also <a href="rzaatm.htm#x2029598">main
|
|
storage pool</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014857" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014857"></a>auxiliary storage - TS queue</dt>
|
|
<dd>In CICS, a temporary storage queue that is in a physical file managed by CICS. Auxiliary storage should be used to store large amounts of data, or
|
|
data needed for a long period of time. See also <a href="rzaatm.htm#x2029603">main
|
|
storage - TS queue</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014867" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014867"></a>availability</dt>
|
|
<dd>The condition allowing
|
|
end users to access and use their applications and data.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014872" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014872"></a>available</dt>
|
|
<dd>Pertaining to a logical
|
|
unit or device that is active, connected, enabled, and not at its session
|
|
limit.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014881" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014881"></a>AWT</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaata.htm#x2012759">Abstract
|
|
Window Toolkit</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014885" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014885"></a>axis</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Business Graphics Utility
|
|
and the GDDM function, one of the intersecting horizontal or vertical scales
|
|
where data values are plotted on a chart.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014890" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014890"></a>axis grid line</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Business Graphics
|
|
Utility and the GDDM function, a straight line extending perpendicular
|
|
to either axis at each major tick.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014895" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014895"></a>axis label</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Business Graphics Utility,
|
|
the name of a major tick on a vertical or horizontal axis.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014900" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014900"></a>axis range</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Business Graphics Utility,
|
|
the upper and lower limits of the vertical or horizontal lines.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2014905" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2014905"></a>axis title</dt>
|
|
<dd>In the GDDM function, a
|
|
text string describing what an axis represents.</dd></dl>
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