- 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 OSI X.400, a set of one or more message transfer agents and zero or more user agents that make up a system capable of handling messages and is managed by either an administration or private company.<br />(2) A set of nodes that are configured for management by Cluster Systems Management. Such a domain has a management server that is used to administer a number of managed nodes. Only management servers have knowledge of the domain. Managed nodes only know about the servers managing them.<br />(3) An area of knowledge relative to providing control over, and information about the behavior, health and life cycle of manageable resources.
Industry:Software
(1) An operation used to verify data quality or data integrity.<br />(2) A synchronous or asynchronous indication of a condition caused by invalid data or incorrect positioning of data. Some data cheques can be suppressed.
Industry:Software
(1) In OSI X.400, one of two basic parts of electronic mail. A user agent is a programme that provides access to the mail system. This programme allows users to compose, send, and receive mail.<br />(2) An application that browses the Web and leaves information about itself at the sites that it visits. In enterprise search, the Web crawler is a user agent.
Industry:Software
(1) An optimization that cuts the number of two-phase commit flows to one agent in half by leaving the last agent out of the first phase of the commit process and giving the last agent the commit decision during the second phase. An initiator or last agent can use this optimization with only one of its subordinates, which is called the optimised last agent (or simply the last agent).<br />(2) An optimised commit flow for either presumed-nothing or presumed-abort protocols in which the last agent, or final participant, becomes the commit coordinator. This flow saves at least one message.
Industry:Software
(1) In OSI, a callable service that causes the OSI Communications Subsystem to take an action, such as a data transfer. See also callable service, extract service, set services.<br />(2) A service that triggers a process or notification to inform users about a situation.
Industry:Software
(1) An optional 3-letter code that may be used as the second part of a PC file name, and is separated from the file name by a period (.). Extensions have meanings to programs, and may be used to identify the type of the file.<br />(2) An addition to a file name that identifies the file type (for example, text file or programme file).
Industry:Software
(1) In OSI, a logical unit of work into which peer application entities can separate the data that they exchange.<br />(2) In System Manager, a change management operation initiated by the central site, for example, sending an object, deleting a file, and installing a PTF. An activity is a single stop within a change request.<br />(3) An operation in an activity plan that is performed on a set of targets on a specific schedule and that can depend upon the execution of other activities.<br />(4) A unit of work or a building block that performs a specific, discrete programmatic task.<br />(5) In BTS, one part of a process managed by CICS business transaction services. Typically, an activity is part of a business transaction. A programme that implements an activity differs from a traditional CICS application programme only in its being designed to respond to BTS events.<br />(6) An item within a course outline that contains some tasks for the student to complete, such as taking a test or attending a live session in the LearningSpace -- Virtual Classroom.<br />(7) A set of steps that perform a portion of a scenario. See also action, activity diagram, scenario.<br />(8) An object that tracks the work required to complete a development task. An activity includes a text headline, which describes the task, and a change set, which identifies all versions that developers create or modify while working on the activity.<br />(9) A unit of work that an individual or group performs.
Industry:Software
An Internet protocol that allows LDAP clients to authenticate with an LDAP server and provides security for the data transmitted with this protocol.
Industry:Software
An Internet protocol that connects a computer to the Internet using a serial line.
Industry:Software
An Internet protocol that identifies and uses network hosts without having to designate a specific network host name.
Industry:Software
