- 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 hardware, a uniprocessor or symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) computer that is part of a clustered system or a massively parallel processing (MPP) system.<br />(2) In communications, an end point of a communication link or a junction common to two or more links in a network. Nodes can be processors, communication controllers, cluster controllers, terminals, or workstations. Nodes can vary in routing and other functional capabilities.<br />(3) A location in a communications network that provides host-processing services.<br />(4) In X.25, a point where packets are received, stored, and forwarded to another location (or data terminal equipment) according to a routing method defined for the network.<br />(5) In networking, a point capable of sending and receiving data. A node can be a device, such as printer or workstation, a system, or a storage location on a disk. See also port.<br />(6) In XML, the smallest unit of valid, complete structure in a document.<br />(7) One of the points in a topology view or topology diagram. A node usually corresponds to a machine, but depending on the type of view, might also correspond to a facility, base product, solution element, or solution artifact.<br />(8) In a network, a point at which one or more functional units connect channels or data circuits.<br />(9) A logical grouping of managed servers. See also managed node.
Industry:Software
(1) In a z/OS environment, the structure that associates all processes that are involved in a unit of work.<br />(2) In telephony, a customer service person whose job is to handle incoming or outgoing telephone calls.<br />(3) A function that represents a requester to a server.<br />(4) In the two-phase commit protocol, a node at the bottom of the transaction program network hierarchy.<br />(5) An entity that represents one or more objects by (a) sending notifications regarding events and (b) handling requests from managers to modify or query the objects.<br />(6) A program that performs a specific service, such as data collection, without user intervention or on a regular schedule. See also common agent, subagent.<br />(7) A separate process or thread that carries out all DB2 requests that are made by a particular client application. See also engine dispatchable unit.<br />(8) In a two-phase commit syncpointing sequence (LU6.2 or multiregion operation (MRO)), a task that receives syncpoint requests from an initiator.<br />(9) A program that performs a series of automated tasks according to a set schedule or at the request of a user. An agent consists of three components: the trigger (when it acts), the search (what documents it acts on), and the action (what it does).
Industry:Software
(1) In the Task Center, a unit of work and its associated schedule and task actions. A task can be set to run on a schedule and can perform various actions based on the success or failure of the task. DB2 scripts, operating system scripts, and warehouse steps are all examples of tasks. See also step, task action.<br />(2) A process and the procedures that run the process.<br />(3) A unit of work to be accomplished by a device or process.<br />(4) An activity that has business value, is initiated by a user, and is performed by software.<br />(5) In a Tivoli environment, the definition of an action that must be routinely performed on various managed resources throughout the network. A task defines the executables to be run; the authorization role required to execute the task; and the user or group name under which the task will execute.<br />(6) In CICS, a single instance of the execution of a transaction.<br />(7) A unit of work representing one of the steps in a process.<br />(8) The basic building blocks in the model. Each task performs some function. Visually, a task represents the lowest level of work that can be portrayed in a process.<br />(9) In Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator, an action that runs a deployment job on one or more target devices. A deployment job can include one or more job items that correspond to workflows.
Industry:Software
(1) In the C language, the range within a program in which a declaration is known.<br />(2) The extent to which the semantic effects of language statements reach. The scope may be to the job or to the activation group.<br />(3) The level to which a commitment control definition applies.<br />(4) Information that is used to describe whether the scheduling policy indicates that threads compete directly with other threads within the process or within the system.<br />(5) In Web services, a property that identifies the lifetime of the object serving the invocation request.<br />(6) A named part of the CICSPlex SM environment that qualifies the context of a CICSPlex SM request. The scope can be the CICSplex itself, a CICS system, a CICS system group, or any set of CICS resources that are defined as a logical scope in a CICSPlex SM resource description. See also context.<br />(7) A specification of the boundary within which system resources can be used.<br />(8) The effective range of the enablement of a condition, the establishment of a user-generated routine to handle a condition, or both. Scope can be both statically and dynamically defined. See also namespace scope.<br />(9) In identity management, the set of entities that a policy or an access control item (ACI) can affect.
Industry:Software
(1) In VisualAge RPG, a functional grouping of classes and related files within a product.<br />(2) A part of a structured type or value, such as an array element or a record field.<br />(3) A reusable object or program that performs a specific function and is designed to work with other components and applications.<br />(4) In Eclipse, one or more plug-ins that work together to deliver a discrete set of functions.<br />(5) A visual element of a host screen, such as a command line, function key, or selection list. HATS applications transform host components into widgets.<br />(6) A ClearCase object that is used to group a set of related directory and file elements within a Unified Change Management (UCM) project. Typically, the elements that make up a component are developed, integrated, and released together. A project must contain at least one component, and it can contain multiple components. Projects can share components.<br />(7) A set of modules that performs a major function within a system.<br />(8) An entity about which measurements are collected for reporting purposes. Sample components include a specific network storage device; the Web address http://www.ibm.com; and a person with whom you have a customer relationship. Each component type in the data model has a set of metrics and attributes that apply to all components of that type.<br />(9) A common component or an assembly. See also common component, assembly.
Industry:Software
(1) In XDS/XOM, a space in which objects of certain object management (OM) classes can be created, together with an implementation of the functions that support those classes.<br />(2) In Tivoli management applications, the working area of the user interface, excluding the Navigator pane, that displays one or more views pertaining to a particular activity. Predefined workspaces are provided with each Tivoli application, and systems administrators can create customized workspaces.<br />(3) In Eclipse, the collection of projects and other resources that the user is currently developing in the workbench. Metadata about these resources resides in a directory on the file system; the resources might reside in the same directory.<br />(4) An area of the disk storage used temporarily by licensed programs to hold work data while the licensed programs are running.<br />(5) A view of content in WebSphere Portal content publishing. Each workspace is associated with a job. The workspace provides a view of the files and resources that were added, modified, or deleted in order to complete that job. When a user adds, modifies, or deletes content within a workspace, the changes are not visible to users in other workspaces until the user completes the job.<br />(6) A temporary repository of configuration information that administrative clients use.<br />(7) The work area that contains all the code that the user is currently working on; that is, current editions. The workspace also contains the standard Java class libraries and other class libraries.<br />(8) A directory on disk that contains all project files, as well as information such as preferences.<br />(9) A window comprised of one or more views.
Industry:Software
(1) In DB2 Database for Linux, UNIX, and Windows and DB2 for z/OS, a unit of storage within a table space, an index space, or virtual memory. In a table space, a page can contain one or more rows of a table. In an LOB table space, an LOB value can span more than one page, but no more than one LOB value is stored on a page.<br />(2) A fixed-length block of instructions, data, or both instructions and data that can be transferred between active physical memory and external page storage.<br />(3) The information that can be displayed at one time on the screen of a display device or in a window.<br />(4) A unit of storage equal to 512 bytes in complex instruction set computer (CISC) systems, and 4096 bytes in reduced instruction set computer (RISC) systems. A page can be moved between auxiliary storage and main storage.<br />(5) In the graphical data display manager (GDDM) function, the picture or chart. All specified graphics are added to the current page. An output statement always sends the current page to the device.<br />(6) A defined unit of space on a storage medium or within a database volume.<br />(7) In a graphical interface, a predefined display image that typically provides fields and controls that help users accomplish tasks.<br />(8) A node in a portal that can contain content in addition to labels and other pages. Pages can contain child nodes, column containers, row containers, and portlets.<br />(9) In DB2 for i5/OS, a block of storage within a table or an index.
Industry:Software
(1) An object that contains specifications, such as priority, maximum processing time, and maximum storage, to control the run-time environment of a job. The system-recognized identifier for the object type is *CLS.<br />(2) In the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE), a category into which objects are placed based on their purpose and internal structure.<br />(3) In object-oriented design or programming, a model or template that can be used to create objects with a common definition and common properties, operations, and behavior. An object is an instance of a class.<br />(4) In C++, a user-defined data type. A class data type can contain both data representations (data members) and functions (member functions).<br />(5) In RACF, a collection of defined entities (users, groups, and resources) with similar characteristics.<br />(6) An attribute that is related to a transaction code and a message region that is used to determine scheduling. See also message class, region class.<br />(7) A description of a set of objects that share the same attributes, operations, methods, relationships, and semantics. A class may use a set of interfaces to specify collections of operations that it provides to its environment. See also interface, object.<br />(8) The definition of an object within a specific hierarchy. A class can have properties and methods and can serve as the target of an association.<br />(9) A section of a module. A class can represent program text, that is, the instructions and data that are loaded into virtual storage during execution. Other classes, such as an external symbol dictionary (ESD) and a relocation dictionary (RLD), are required for binding and loading the program.
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 program that implements an activity differs from a traditional CICS application program 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
