- 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) In Business Graphics Utility, the range of colours defined by hue, lightness, and saturation to be used when a chart is displayed on a graphics-capable display.<br />(2) A set of colours that can be displayed on the display at one time. This can be standard set used for all images or a set that can be customised for each image.
Industry:Software
(1) In the hierarchical file system, the representation of the position or offset in the file in which the next read or write operation occurs.<br />(2) An identifier that indicates a structure containing the file name.
Industry:Software
(1) A valid response mode message, a conversational mode message, an exclusive mode message, an IMS system message, an application programme message, or a message switch.<br />(2) A message that has been received from the SWIFT network. An output message has an output header.
Industry:Software
(1) In business-to-business communication the ability of the recipient to prove who sent a message based on the contents of the message. This can derive from the use of a digital signature on the message, which links the sender to the message.<br />(2) Proof that a transaction occurred or that a message was sent or received. The use of digital certificates and public key cryptography to digitally sign transactions, messages, and documents supports nonrepudiation.
Industry:Software
(1) In the i5/OS Operations Console, the personal computer that has direct communications with a System i product. The local console uses either a dial-up connexion or a direct cable. It controls remote access to the System i product and grants control of the System i product to remote consoles. See also Operations Console, remote console.<br />(2) Any console that is dedicated to a single main within a JES3 installation. A remote job processing (RJP) console cannot be a local console.
Industry:Software
(1) A value attached to a character in a sort sequence that permits automatic ordering of a series of characters.<br />(2) An importance factor that is used to balance scorecard responses and timesheets.
Industry:Software
(1) In capacity planning, the elapsed time between the end of an inquiry or demand on a computer system and the beginning of the response. An example of response time is the length of time between an indication of the end of inquiry and the display of the first character of the response at a user's workstation.<br />(2) The elapsed time between entering an inquiry or request and receiving a response.
Industry:Software
(1) In the Integrated Language Environment (ILE) model, the object that results from compiling source code. A module cannot be run. To be run, a module must be bound into a program.<br />(2) A programme unit that is discrete and identifiable with respect to compiling, combining with other units, and loading.<br />(3) In programming languages, a language construct that consists of procedures or data declarations and that interact with other such constructs.<br />(4) See programme unit.<br />(5) In Java EE programming, a software unit that consists of one or more components of the same container type and one deployment descriptor of that type. Examples include EJB, Web, and application client modules. (Sun)
Industry:Software
(1) A value or reference passed to a function, command, or programme that serves as input or controls actions. The value is supplied by a user or by another programme or process.<br />(2) In the Reusable Asset Specification (RAS), an extension point that is viewed on a collaboration. The parameter can have type and default value information as part of its description. See also parameterized collaboration.<br />(3) In UML modeling, a specific argument that passes information between behavioural features of models, such as operations.
Industry:Software
(1) In certain software configuration management (SCM) systems, to copy files back into the repository after changing them.<br />(2) To replace an inactive document, project WBS element, scope element, requirement or resource record (with its modifications) to its repository directory so that others can view it or modify it.
Industry:Software
