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International Business Machines
Industry: Computer
Number of terms: 98482
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Company Profile:
Sometimes referred to as “Big Blue” IBM is a multinational corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York. It manufactures computer hardware and software and provides information technology and services.
(1) A set of statements in a programme that causes the system to perform an operation or a series of related operations.<br />(2) In REXX, a series of instructions called with the CALL instruction or as a function. A routine can be either internal or external to a user's program.<br />(3) A programme or sequence of instructions called by a program. Typically, a routine has a general purpose and is frequently used.<br />(4) A database object that can encapsulate procedural logic and SQL statements, is stored on a database server, and can be invoked using an SQL statement such as the CALL statement. The three main classes of routines are procedures, functions, and methods. See also aggregate function, built-in function, external routine, function, scalar function, sourced function, SQL routine, table function, user-defined function, SQL function, row function, SQL procedure, method, SQL method, procedure.
Industry:Software
(1) A group of related data records organised in a specific order. A data file can be created by the specification of FILETYPE(*DATA) on the create commands. See also command file, source file.<br />(2) In RJE, a remote job input stream that can contain host system commands and job control language as well as data.
Industry:Software
(1) A set of tables that can be ordered so that each table is a descendent of the one before it, and the first table is a descendent of the last table. A self-referencing table is a cycle with a single member. See also referential cycle.<br />(2) To end a management collection object that is currently in use and to open a new object for storing future collections. This process prevents collection objects from becoming too large.
Industry:Software
(1) A group of resources that can include business objects such as contracts or a set of related commands. In access control policies, resource groups specify the resources to which the policy authorises access.<br />(2) A collection of structured fields that describe the attributes of a resource such as a volume.
Industry:Software
(1) A set of tasks, scripts, or routines that automate the task of testing software.<br />(2) The inputs, execution conditions, and expected results that are used to evaluate an aspect of a system under test. See also test idea.
Industry:Software
(1) A group of resources with similar characteristics and attributes.<br />(2) In DFSMSrmm, a group of shelf locations in the removable media library whose rack numbers share a common prefix. The shelf locations are logically grouped for easier access to volumes.
Industry:Software
(1) A set of telephone lines from which a non-busy line is hunted to handle, for example, an incoming call.<br />(2) A group of Domino servers that are assigned one phone number. Clients dial the one phone number and connect to any available server. Hunt groups balance the load on servers.
Industry:Software
(1) A group of rules in a policy domain. The rules specify how data or storage resources are automatically managed for users in the policy domain. Rules can be contained in management classes or policy actions. The users can be client nodes or agents on managed hosts.<br />(2) The collection of policies within a policy group that share the same decision name. See also decision name.<br />(3) A collection of assertions about how services are defined, which can be used to simplify security configurations.
Industry:Software
(1) A set of z/OS systems that communicate and cooperate with each other through multisystem hardware components and software services to process customer workloads. See also base sysplex.<br />(2) A sysplex that uses one or more coupling facilities.
Industry:Software
(1) A group that is working to establish a standard for compressing and storing motion video and animation in digital form.<br />(2) The standard developed by the Moving Pictures Experts Group.
Industry:Software
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