- 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) The right to access a specific database object in a specific way. Privileges are controlled by users with SYSADM (system administrator) authority or DBADM (database administrator) authority or by creators of objects. For example, privileges can include rights to create, delete, and retrieve data from tables.<br />(2) The capability of performing a specific function, sometimes on a specific object. See also authority level, authorization.<br />(3) In SQL, a capability given to a user by the processing of a GRANT statement.
Industry:Software
(1) The role of a node using the two-phase commit protocol when its local transaction programme issues a commit operation that begins the two-phase commit flows. The initiator is the root node of a transaction programme network. See also responder.<br />(2) In OSI Communications Subsystem, the application entity that starts an application association.<br />(3) The part of an operating system that reads and processes control statements from the system input device.<br />(4) The system component that originates an I/O command over an I/O bus or network. I/O adapters and network interface cards are typical initiators. See also target.<br />(5) In Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) technology, the part of a host computer that communicates with its attached targets. See also SCSI device.
Industry:Software
(1) The rules for the construction of a command or statement. See also semantics.<br />(2) In DCE X/Open Object Management (XOM), any of the various categories into which the object management (OM) specification statically groups values on the basis of their form.
Industry:Software
(1) The rules that govern control of the physical connexion for sending and receiving data between two or more locations in a network. Examples of data link protocols include (a) asynchronous, (b) binary synchronous communications (BSC), (c) Ethernet, (d) synchronous data link control (SDLC), (e) token-ring network, and (f) X.25. See also communications line.<br />(2) In SNA, a set of rules for data communication over a data link in terms of a transmission code, a transmission mode, and control and recovery procedures.
Industry:Software
(1) The second byte of a DBCS code, which uniquely identifies double-byte characters in the same ward. See also ward.<br />(2) A unit of measurement used mainly for describing type sizes. Each pica has 12 points, and an inch has approximately 72 points.
Industry:Software
(1) The security label that RACF uses in RACF authorization checking if the SECLABEL class is active.<br />(2) For batch jobs on MVS, the security label specified in the SECLABEL parameter of the JOB statement, or (if no security label was specified) the default security label in the user profile associated with the job.<br />(3) For TSO users, the security label specified when the user logged on, or (if no security label was specified) the default security label in the user's user profile.
Industry:Software
(1) The security service that enables each user of a computer system to be identified uniquely. A common mechanism for implementing this service is to associate a user ID with each user.<br />(2) In computer security, the process that allows a system to recognise an entity by means of personal, equipment, or organisational characteristics or codes.
Industry:Software
(1) The segment of a plan or package that contains the executable structures for a single SQL statement.<br />(2) In COBOL, a set of zero, one, or more paragraphs or entries preceded by a section header. Each section consists of a section header and the related section body.<br />(3) A defined area on a Notes form that can include fields, objects, layout regions, and text. Sections can be set to display (expand) or hide (collapse).<br />(4) A named collection of programme object components, called elements. Each section is assigned a name in binder control statements.<br />(5) A unit of code or data produced by the compiler. Sections do not have attributes.
Industry:Software
(1) The selective function of allowing some Internet Protocol (IP) packets to continue to their destination or, at the same time, blocking others.<br />(2) A technique for selecting the information displayed in a view that uses criteria specified by a user. See also sorting.<br />(3) The process of selecting data sets based on specified criteria. These criteria consist of fully-qualified or partially-qualified data set names, certain data set characteristics, or both.
Industry:Software
(1) The sending and receiving of data in such a manner that the content of the data is not altered during transmission. See also exchange.<br />(2) The exchange of information between trading partners. Also a set of documents grouped together, such as EDI documents enclosed within an EDI envelope.<br />(3) To import or export an image with its index from one Content Manager ImagePlus for OS/390 system to another ImagePlus system using a common interchange file or common interchange unit.
Industry:Software
