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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.
(1) In a TCP/IP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) application, a process used to convert SNA distribution services (SNADS) names in the origin and destination fields of a distribution to SMTP names. System and personal are the two types of aliasing on the System i platform.<br />(2) In TCP/IP host table processing, a process used to convert internet addresses to host names or host names to internet addresses.<br />(3) A compilation process that attempts to determine what aliases exist, so that optimization does not result in incorrect program results.
Industry:Software
(1) In storage management, a policy object that users can bind to each file to specify how the server manages the file. The management class can contain a backup copy group, an archive copy group, and space management attributes. The copy groups determine how the server manages backup copies or archive copies of the file. The space management attributes determine whether the file is eligible to be migrated from the space manager client nodes to server storage and under what conditions the file is migrated.<br />(2) A user-defined schedule for moving objects from one storage class to the next. Management class describes the retention and class transition characteristics for a group of objects in a storage hierarchy.
Industry:Software
(1) A valid response mode message, a conversational mode message, an exclusive mode message, an IMS system message, an application program message, or a message switch.<br />(2) A message that has been received from the SWIFT network. An output message has an output header.
Industry:Software
(1) In business-to-business communication the ability of the recipient to prove who sent a message based on the contents of the message. This can derive from the use of a digital signature on the message, which links the sender to the message.<br />(2) Proof that a transaction occurred or that a message was sent or received. The use of digital certificates and public key cryptography to digitally sign transactions, messages, and documents supports nonrepudiation.
Industry:Software
(1) In the i5/OS Operations Console, the personal computer that has direct communications with a System i product. The local console uses either a dial-up connection or a direct cable. It controls remote access to the System i product and grants control of the System i product to remote consoles. See also Operations Console, remote console.<br />(2) Any console that is dedicated to a single main within a JES3 installation. A remote job processing (RJP) console cannot be a local console.
Industry:Software
(1) A thread pool for Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) applications.<br />(2) A type of resource manager.<br />(3) A program that controls application access to system resources by determining when and in what environment the application can run.
Industry:Software
(1) In a Tivoli environment, a container for profiles that links the profiles to a set of resources, called subscribers. Tivoli administrators use profile managers to organize and distribute profiles. A profile manager can operate in the dataless mode or database mode.<br />(2) See computer group.
Industry:Software
(1) In System i Access, the first position of the first input field on the display.<br />(2) The position (farthest left) to which the print head moves after the printer is turned on and the Stop or Reset button is pressed.<br />(3) The first item in a list or the first line of help information.
Industry:Software
(1) A value attached to a character in a sort sequence that permits automatic ordering of a series of characters.<br />(2) An importance factor that is used to balance scorecard responses and timesheets.
Industry:Software
(1) In capacity planning, the elapsed time between the end of an inquiry or demand on a computer system and the beginning of the response. An example of response time is the length of time between an indication of the end of inquiry and the display of the first character of the response at a user's workstation.<br />(2) The elapsed time between entering an inquiry or request and receiving a response.
Industry:Software