- 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) Pertaining to the operation of a functional unit or device that is under the control of the system or of a host. See also offline.<br />(2) Pertaining to a user's access to a computer by way of a terminal.
Industry:Software
(1) An integer value that signifies the relevance of a given part to the results of a query. A higher rank signifies a closer match.<br />(2) An attribute of a use case, or scenario that describes its impact on the architecture, or its importance for a release.<br />(3) See array.
Industry:Software
(1) In mainframe computing, a data-record format employing self-defining record formats in which each record is represented by up to three fields: a count field identifying the record and specifying its format, an optional key field that can be used to identify the data area contents, and an optional data field that typically contains the user data. See also data record.<br />(2) An ESA/390 architecture for a direct access storage device (DASD) logical device that specifies the format of and access mechanisms for the logical data units on the device. The logical data unit is a track that can contain one or more records, each consisting of a count field, an optional key field, and an optional data field. See also custom volume.
Industry:Software
(1) Pertaining to the portion of recorded information that can be heard.<br />(2) The sound portion of a video signal.
Industry:Software
(1) An internal computer component capable of storing a specified amount of data and accepting or transferring this data rapidly.<br />(2) In the hierarchical file system, to make an underlying file system and the specific functions it supports known to the application programming interface layer and accessible to user applications.<br />(3) To insert authorization and authentication information into binding information.<br />(4) In SQL replication, to define a DB2 table, view, or nickname as a replication source.<br />(5) To add a user-written condition handler onto a routine's stack frame.
Industry:Software
(1) In Managed System Services, a set of database files that contain topology information and general system information for nodes throughout the network.<br />(2) The representation of the current topology of the intermediate routing portion of the APPN network. The network topology database contains entries for network nodes and the transmission groups interconnecting them. Each entry describes the current characteristics of the node or transmission group that it represents. The topology database is used to determine the preferred session route between two end nodes for a given class of service.
Industry:Software
(1) Pertaining to the shared use of resources by multiple interactive users or application programs at the same time.<br />(2) Pertaining to the occurrence of two or more activities within a given interval of time. Concurrent processes can alternately use shared common resources.
Industry:Software
(1) An internal mechanism for controlling concurrent events or the use of system resources.<br />(2) An electronic circuit that permanently records (until reset) the status of a signal.<br />(3) A programming device that provides short-term serialization for IMS tasks running in the online IMS system. Similar in function to an z/OS lock.
Industry:Software
(1) In markup languages, a basic unit consisting of a start tag, end tag, associated attributes and their values, and any text that is contained between the two.<br />(2) The smallest unit in a table, array, list, set, or other structure. Examples of an element are a value in a list of values and a data field in an array.<br />(3) A named piece of information, or a field, within a message, that has a business meaning agreed by the applications that create and process the message.<br />(4) An object that encompasses a set of versions, organized into a version tree.<br />(5) A constituent of a model.<br />(6) A component of a document, such as an EDI, XML, or ROD record. An element can be a simple element or a compound element.<br />(7) A part of a section. Each element represents a separate class of data and is identified by a section name and class name.<br />(8) A value in a security label component. See also security label component.<br />(9) In Java development tools, a generic term that can refer to packages, classes, types, interfaces, methods, or fields.
Industry:Software
(1) Pertaining to two or more processes that depend upon the occurrences of specific events, such as a common timing signal. See also asynchronous.<br />(2) Occurring with a regular or predictable time relationship.<br />(3) In cross-site mirroring, pertaining to the mode of geographic mirroring where the program that issues the update waits until the operation is completed on both the production copy and the mirror copy. This mode ensures that once control is returned to the client, the operation is accurately reflected on both the production copy and the mirror copy.
Industry:Software
