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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.
In computer security, an assault on a network that is difficult to detect and involves an intruder who taps into or traces communications. Sniffing is an example of a passive attack.
Industry:Software
In fibre-channel technology, a transmission word that uses 8B/10B mapping and begins with the K28.5 character. Ordered sets occur outside of frames, and include: frame delimiters, which mark frame boundaries and describe frame contents; primitive signals, which indicate events; and primitive sequences, which indicate or initiate port states. Ordered sets are used to differentiate fibre-channel control information from data frames and to manage the transport of frames. See also data word.
Industry:Software
In Backup, Recovery, and Media Services, the overall control, cataloging, and tracking of removable media by status, storage location, container placement, and contents by volume from creation to expiration. Backup, Recovery, and Media Services tracks only enrolled volumes. Tapes and other media are managed by media class and individual volumes within the class. Both active and expired media are tracked by volume serial number.
Industry:Software
In computer security, an object that uses a resource. Users and groups are accessors.
Industry:Software
In fibre-channel technology, a type of transmission word that occurs within frames. The frame header, data field, and cyclic redundancy check (CRC) all consist of data words. See also transmission word, frame, ordered set.
Industry:Software
In Backup, Recovery, and Media Services, the tasks that must be performed on a routine basis to perform cleanup activities and other Backup, Recovery, and Media Services functions. Examples of maintenance are tape expiration, recovery analysis reports, and media movement.
Industry:Software
In fibre-channel technology, an address value used to identify the source (S_ID) or destination (D_ID) of a frame.
Industry:Software
In Backup, Recovery, and Media Services, the total length of time that the output media is to be saved as a backup or archive copy before it is expired (available for reuse). Retention can be specified as a date, number of days, versions, or permanent. Different retention periods can be specified for full backups, incremental backups, or archive output.
Industry:Software
In computer security, the level of authority a user has while accessing a secured file or library.
Industry:Software
