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International Business Machines
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 the Integrated Language Environment (ILE) model, the object that results from compiling source code. A module cannot be run. To be run, a module must be bound into a program.<br />(2) A program unit that is discrete and identifiable with respect to compiling, combining with other units, and loading.<br />(3) In programming languages, a language construct that consists of procedures or data declarations and that interact with other such constructs.<br />(4) See program unit.<br />(5) In Java EE programming, a software unit that consists of one or more components of the same container type and one deployment descriptor of that type. Examples include EJB, Web, and application client modules. (Sun)
Industry:Software
(1) A ticket that a principal passes to the ticket-granting server when a service ticket is requested. The ticket-granting service uses the ticket-granting ticket to verify that the principal has authenticated to the authentication server before it grants the request for the service ticket.<br />(2) A ticket that allows access to the ticket granting service on the key distribution center (KDC). Ticket granting tickets are passed to the principal by the KDC after the principal has completed a successful request. In a Windows 2000 environment, a user logs on to the network and the KDC will verify the principal's name and encrypted password and then send a ticket granting ticket to the user.
Industry:Software
(1) In a Tivoli environment, a container in which a Tivoli administrator can create and store tasks and jobs.<br />(2) A class library that provides the facilities to write programs that consist of tasks.
Industry:Software
(1) In System i Navigator, a logical collection of endpoint systems.<br />(2) In SNADS, the second part of a system name in the system distribution directory.<br />(3) All systems that are part of the same Parallel Sysplex and are running the storage management subsystem (SMS) with the same configuration, excluding any systems in the Parallel Sysplex that are explicitly defined in the SMS configuration.
Industry:Software
(1) A value or reference passed to a function, command, or program that serves as input or controls actions. The value is supplied by a user or by another program or process.<br />(2) In the Reusable Asset Specification (RAS), an extension point that is viewed on a collaboration. The parameter can have type and default value information as part of its description. See also parameterized collaboration.<br />(3) In UML modeling, a specific argument that passes information between behavioral features of models, such as operations.
Industry:Software
(1) In certain software configuration management (SCM) systems, to copy files back into the repository after changing them.<br />(2) To replace an inactive document, project WBS element, scope element, requirement or resource record (with its modifications) to its repository directory so that others can view it or modify it.
Industry:Software
(1) In the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) framework, a subject class that owns security-related attributes. These attributes can contain information used to authenticate the subject to new services.<br />(2) Detailed information, acquired during authentication, that describes the user, any group associations, and other security-related identity attributes. Credentials can be used to perform a multitude of services, such as authorization, auditing, and delegation. For example, the sign-on information (user ID and password) for a user are credentials that allow the user to access an account.
Industry:Software
(1) A time interval that is allotted for an event to occur or complete before operation is interrupted.<br />(2) An event that occurs at the end of a predetermined period of time that began at the occurrence of another specified event.<br />(3) Abnormal termination of either an application or the DB2 for z/OS subsystem because of the unavailability of resources.
Industry:Software
(1) In a Tivoli environment, a database object that represents a resource and is governed by policies. See also resource, autonomic computing distributed infrastructure.<br />(2) An entity that exists in the runtime environment of an IT system and that can be managed. See also effector, monitor component, sensor.
Industry:Software
(1) In System Manager, a function that assigns alerts or problems into groups and specifies the actions to take for each group. A filter consists of selection entries and action entries.<br />(2) A device or program that separates data, signals, or material in accordance with specified criteria. See also servlet filtering.<br />(3) A command that reads standard input data, modifies the data, and sends it to standard output. A pipeline usually has several filters.<br />(4) An ESQL expression that is applied to the content of a message to determine how the message is processed.<br />(5) A mechanism that is used to query libraries, objects, and members on a System i server, and organize them for viewing in the Remote System Explorer. See also filter pool, filter string.<br />(6) In Infoprint Server, a program that can add, delete, or modify input data. Infoprint Server provides support for two types of filter programs: DLL filters and UNIX filters. See also DLL filter.
Industry:Software