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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) A VSAM data set whose records are physically in the same order in which they were put in the data set. A VSAM data set is processed by using addressed direct access or addressed sequential access and has no index. New records are added at the end of the data set.<br />(2) A data set whose records are loaded without respect to their contents, and whose relative byte addresses cannot change. Records are retrieved and stored by addressed access, and new records are added at the end of the data set.
Industry:Software
(1) In COBOL, a name that is declared in only one program but that may be referred to from that program and from any program contained within that program. Condition names, data names, file names, record names, and some special registers may be global names.<br />(2) In Managed System Services, the name by which an object is known to SNA File Services (SNA/FS). SNA/FS enables objects to be uniquely named in an SNA network with systems of different types.
Industry:Software
(1) In two-phase commit processing, a recovery manager that must wait for confirmation from its coordinator before committing or backing out changes made to recoverable resources by its part of a distributed unit of work. The subordinate can be in doubt in respect to its coordinator. See also coordinator, in-doubt.<br />(2) A system in which a child unit of recovery (UR) of a multisystem cascaded transaction resides.
Industry:Software
(1) A unique connection to an application program that is able to activate an LU-to-LU session without assistance from a system services control point (SSCP). An independent logical unit can be used as either a primary logical unit (PLU) or a secondary logical unit (SLU), and can have one or more active LU-toLU sessions at a time. Currently, only an LU 6.2 can be an independent LU. See also dependent logical unit.<br />(2) A logical unit (LU) that can both send and receive a BIND command, and which supports single, parallel, and multiple sessions.
Industry:Software
(1) In application development, to move a part up one level in the project hierarchy.<br />(2) In ILE, to convert an unhandled exception into a new exception with a different meaning. The new exception is passed on to the next exception handler.<br />(3) To copy replication definitions for subscription sets or registered sources from one database to another database, without registering the sources again or creating the subscription sets again.<br />(4) To change a condition to a different one using a condition handler. A condition handler routine promotes a condition because the error needs to be handled in a way other than that suggested by the original condition.<br />(5) To add a logical data unit to cache memory.
Industry:Software
(1) In the context of Tivoli software, the model configuration for a system, or set of systems, that is used to maintain consistent configurations in a distributed environment.<br />(2) A model that contains model information from one referenced component. Reference models are kept as separate models and are included by reference into code projects.
Industry:Software
(1) A VTAM term for a list of routes through a network, arranged in an order of preference for their use.<br />(2) A set of link and node characteristics, associated with a session or a set of sessions, that determine the route that is selected for the sessions through an APPN network.<br />(3) A set of characteristics (such as route security, transmission priority, and bandwidth) used to construct a route between session partners. The class of service is derived from a mode name specified by the initiator of a session.<br />(4) In fibre-channel technology, a specified set of delivery characteristics and attributes for frame delivery.
Industry:Software
(1) In COBOL, a phrase that specifies the action to be taken on the determination of the truth value of a condition resulting from the running of a conditional statement.<br />(2) In REXX, a phrase in a DO instruction, introduced by the subkeyword WHILE or UNTIL, that is used to change the iteration of a repetitive DO loop.
Industry:Software
(1) In UDDI, to browse the business registry to locate existing Web services for integration.<br />(2) To identify resources within a network environment.
Industry:Software
An interactive session that is started from outside QMF. Within this session, other sessions can be started by using the INTERACT command.
Industry:Software