- Industry: Computer
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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.
An access method used to retrieve or update particular blocks of a data set on a direct access device.
Industry:Software
An authentication method that requires users to respond to a prompt by providing information to verify their identity when they log in to the system. For example, when users forget their password, they are prompted (challenged) with a question to which they must provide an answer (response) in order to either receive a new password or receive a hint for specifying the correct password.
Industry:Software
An access mode that enables virtualization functions to be performed. See also access mode, unconfigured mode, image mode.
Industry:Software
An authentication method that uses a user name and a password.
Industry:Software
An access mode that establishes a one-to-one mapping of extents in the managed disc (MDisk) with the extents in the virtual disc (VDisk). See also access mode, unconfigured mode, managed space mode.
Industry:Software
An authentication process in which a user can access more than one system or application by entering a single user ID and password. See also global sign-on.
Industry:Software
A value sent or received, or a negative response to indicate what error occurred.
Industry:Software
An access path to a database file that is arranged according to the contents of key fields contained in the individual records.
Industry:Software
