- 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.
(1) A user-defined group of network resources within a single domain. Spans provide a level of security by allowing the system administrator to define (a) the resources to which an operator can issue commands, (b) the views of resources that an operator can display, and (c) the resources in a view that an operator is allowed to see (an operator might not be authorised to see all the resources in a particular view).<br />(2) An attribute of a policy that defines the range of influence of a policy in a policy hierarchy. For example, the span attribute indicates whether a policy in a policy hierarchy is inherited only by its immediate child nodes or by its immediate child nodes and all their descendents.
Industry:Software
(1) In Business Graphics Utility, a collection of values that identify the comparisons in a chart. For example, the relative size of the slices in a pie chart or the relative height of the bars in a bar chart. See also data value.<br />(2) In the GDDM function, a collection of data values displayed, for example, as a pie chart or as the plotted points on a line of a line chart. More than one data group may be displayed on a chart.
Industry:Software
(1) In the GDDM function, a directed line segment, which is a straight line between two points.<br />(2) In SNA, a data structure containing three fields: a length field that specifies the length of the vector in which it is contained, an identifier or type field, and a value field. The value field may contain subvectors.<br />(3) An array of one dimension.<br />(4) A linearly ordered collection of scalars of the same type. Each scalar is said to be an element of the vector. See also array, scalar.
Industry:Software
(1) A user-defined temporary variable that can be accessed only by the programme (state table, prompt, or 3270 script) for which it is defined. See also input parameter, system variable.<br />(2) A variable unique to the map it is defined in (it is not shared across maps) and one of the three types of variables supported by the Data Interchange Services mapping command language. It is used to hold and manipulate values assigned to it during translation.
Industry:Software
(1) In Business Graphics Utility, a straight line drawn from either axis that shows the exact data values on the chart.<br />(2) In the GDDM function, a line drawn parallel to a chart axis, through a specified value along the other axis.
Industry:Software
(1) In the GDDM function, a rectangular area within the picture space that defines where the output of the current page appears on the work station.<br />(2) That portion of a partition or usable area defined for display of data to the operator. The viewport has a predefined size and position on the screen and is related to a presentation space through a specified window. See also presentation space.<br />(3) In BMS, that part of a screen that is allocated to a partition. See also partition.
Industry:Software
(1) A user-profile programme that runs when the user signs on and after the command processor programme QCMD is started. QCMD calls the first program.<br />(2) In COBOL, a programme that is placed into an initial state every time the programme is called in a run unit.
Industry:Software
(1) In Business Graphics Utility, a supplied character set used for text strings on charts; for example, headings, legend text, labels, and notes.<br />(2) In PSF, a type of font that resides in a printer but has fewer attributes than can be specified for resident coded fonts.
Industry:Software
(1) In the GDDM function, the process of cutting off the image at the border of the display but allowing the coordinates of the lines to extend beyond.<br />(2) In computer graphics, removing those parts of display elements that lie outside of a given boundary.
Industry:Software
(1) A user-written programme that is given control during operation of a system function.<br />(2) A programme to which control is passed from an exit point. See also exit point.
Industry:Software
