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International Business Machines
Industry: Computer
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Company Profile:
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.
A character that is created through the Character Generator Utility (CGU). CGU is an extension of the code page with special user-defined ideographic characters, symbols, or logos. User-defined characters may be present in some of the Japanese, Chinese, and Korean code pages.
Industry:Software
(1) To set the addresses, switches, or the contents of storage to zero, or to the starting value set by the manufacturer.<br />(2) In programming languages, to set the starting value of a data object.<br />(3) To prepare a system, device, or program for operation; for example, to initialize a diskette.
Industry:Software
A character that is used to identify the beginning and the end of a character string.
Industry:Software
An indication that a switched BSC connection was disconnected because there was no activity on the connection for a specified length of time.
Industry:Software
An indicator added to an order that indicates if the items in an order can be released to fulfillment.
Industry:Software
An indicator for the current value for an item. See also counter.
Industry:Software
(1) To specify attributes at run time that change the attributes specified in the file description or in the program.<br />(2) In object-oriented programming, to define a new class behavior by changing a method inherited from a parent class.<br />(3) The attributes specified at run time that change the attributes specified in the file description or in the program.
Industry:Software
A character that is used to specify a write, space, or skip operation. See also control character.
Industry:Software
(1) To start a program or procedure, usually by specifying the entry conditions and transferring control to an entry point.<br />(2) A physical or logical connection between one or more parties in a telephone call.<br />(3) A single runtime instance of a voice application.<br />(4) An instruction in COBOL, assembler language, C/370, or PL/I format that is used by an application program to request DL/I services.<br />(5) In Sametime, an audible message sent using a traditional phone call (POTS, PSTN). It may be IP based, or a hybrid using both IP and traditional phone.<br />(6) An action state that invokes an operation on a classifier.
Industry:Software
A character that separates the subelements in an EDI composite data element.
Industry:Software