- Industry: Computer
- Number of terms: 98482
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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) A variable that represents an internal structure within a software system.<br />(2) A character string that is created by an extender that is used to represent an image, an audio, or a video object in a table. A handle is stored for an object in a user table and in administrative support tables. In this way, an extender can link the handle that is stored in a user table with information about the object that is stored in the administrative support tables.<br />(3) In application programming interfaces, a variable that represents an object, an instance of an application using some function, or a processing session.<br />(4) In WebSphere MQ, the identifier or token by which a program accesses an MQM object.<br />(5) In the AIX operating system, a data structure that is a temporary local identifier for an object. Allocating a handle creates it. Binding a handle makes it identify an object at a specific location.<br />(6) A character string that represents an object, and is used to retrieve the object.<br />(7) In the Java EE specification, an object that identifies an enterprise bean. A client may serialize the handle, and then later deserialize it to obtain a reference to the enterprise bean. (Sun)<br />(8) In DB2 ODBC, a variable that refers to a data structure and associated resources.
Industry:Software
(1) In the OSI Communications Subsystem licensed program, a change in the status of an application entity or association--for example, an application entity changing from activated to deactivated.<br />(2) In the OSI Communications Subsystem licensed program, an event that indicates that a resource--such as a line--has had a change in status. State change events are logged and generate a message to the operator.
Industry:Software
(1) A type of communication control unit whose operations are controlled by one or more programs stored and executed in the unit. It manages the details of line control and the routing of data through a network. See also transmission control unit.<br />(2) A device that directs the transmission of data over the data links of a network; its operation may be controlled by a program executed in a processor to which the controller is connected or it may be controlled by a program executed within the device. (T)
Industry:Software
(1) In a window or dialog box, a rectangular control that, when clicked, immediately causes an action to be performed. Push buttons can be labeled with text, graphics, or both. The most familiar push buttons are OK and Cancel.<br />(2) A key on a telephone key pad.
Industry:Software
(1) In System Manager, the system with a program or equipment problem that requires and asks for problem-handling support from another system in a network. See also service provider.<br />(2) The application that initiates an interaction with a Web service. The service requestor binds to the service using the published information and calls the service.
Industry:Software
(1) A variable used to pass information, such as a file name, for use in a message.<br />(2) In pseudo-JCL, a symbol that is used in a build script and that receives a value from a build server default, from the build script itself, or from a symbolic parameter.<br />(3) A variable in a procedure or query whose value is specified either by a global variable or by a runtime variable.<br />(4) A variable in a form whose value is specified by a global variable.
Industry:Software
(1) In CICS, a method of optimizing the use of system resources by spreading workload as evenly as possible between different regions.<br />(2) The optimization of the distribution of incoming work requests to the application servers, enterprise beans, servlets and other objects that can effectively process the request.
Industry:Software
(1) In the OSI Communications Subsystem licensed program, a node that is the final recipient of data sent by the local node and the origin of data sent to the local node. A destination node may or may not be an adjacent node.<br />(2) The node to which a request or data is sent.
Industry:Software
(1) A type of discovery where a program automatically detects the resources that were not previously known.<br />(2) The discovery of service artifacts in a file system, external registry, or another source.
Industry:Software
(1) In a z/OS environment, a Hierarchical File System (HFS) into which all product data is installed, and from which it is referenced and retrieved during the customization phase.<br />(2) A directory in which unique files for a package are stored. See also shared resource.
Industry:Software
