- Industry: Computer
- Number of terms: 98482
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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) Pertaining to a switching device, such as a toggle key on a keyboard, that allows a user to switch between two types of operations.<br />(2) To switch between two modes on a computer or network; for example, to switch between data entry and command entry modes or between stand-alone operation and device emulation.
Industry:Software
(1) An IBM-supplied name that uniquely identifies the system. It is used as a network value for certain communications applications such as APPC.<br />(2) An IBM-defined name that has a predefined meaning to the COBOL compiler. System names include computer names, language names, device names, and function names.
Industry:Software
(1) In IDDU, information that describes the contents and characteristics of a field, record, or file.<br />(2) A programme statement that describes the features of, specifies relationships of, or establishes the context of data. A data definition reserves storage and can provide an initial value.<br />(3) A data object that defines a database or table.
Industry:Software
(1) Pertaining to a system activity that starts automatically, usually based on the start or end of some other activity.<br />(2) An OSI Communications Subsystem function that starts an X.25 line automatically when the line set that it belongs to is started.
Industry:Software
(1) An identification record for a tape or disc file.<br />(2) One or more characters used to identify a statement or an item of data in a computer program.<br />(3) In DB2 for i5/OS SQL, text that is attached to columns, tables, and packages.<br />(4) The explanatory text next to a control on the screen.<br />(5) An instance of a label type object, which provides a user-defined name for a version. See also object.<br />(6) Text that a user enters to identify a revision.<br />(7) A node in a portal that cannot contain any content, but can contain other nodes. Labels are used primarily to group nodes in the navigation tree.<br />(8) An identifier within or attached to a set of data elements.
Industry:Software
(1) In IMS or VSAM, any index used to provide a path for access to a data set other than that provided by the primary keys. See also alternate index.<br />(2) A nonpartitioning index on a partitioned table. See also nonpartitioned index.
Industry:Software
(1) Pertaining to a system, device, file, or facility that can be used in the event of a malfunction or loss of data.<br />(2) A tape, diskette, or save file containing saved objects.<br />(3) A copy of a data set or object to be used in case of accidental loss.<br />(4) The process of copying a file, directory, file system, or other data onto a tape, disk, or other media as insurance against data loss or corruption.<br />(5) A copy of a database or table space that can be stored on a different medium and used to restore the database or table space in the event of failure or damage to the original.<br />(6) The process of making a copy of a data file that can be used if the original file is destroyed.
Industry:Software
An internal library of software patches and associated installation and configuration data.
Industry:Software
An internal object in a form definition or a print data set that controls such items as modifications to a form, page placement, and overlays.
Industry:Software
(1) An identifier for a mutual exclusion (mutex).<br />(2) A means of coordinating access to a shared resource so that it cannot be used by more than one thread or process at a time. Mutex is short for mutually exclusive.
Industry:Software
