- Industry: Computer
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(1) A function of AFP Utilities that maps a database field value to an object name.<br />(2) An object that passes values to the IBM-supplied mapping program. It is used to customise the PDF subsystem without writing a mapping program. See also mapping program, PDF subsystem.
Industry:Software
(1) A series of related inquiries and responses between a user and an application, similar to a conversation between two people.<br />(2) The recorded interaction between a user and the 3270 application that the user accesses. Users can record a dialogue using the Record dialogue function in the 3270 terminal service recorder. A recorded dialogue includes the keystrokes, inputs and outputs that move the user from one screen to another in the 3270 application.<br />(3) In AIXwindows, a two-way text interface between an application and its user. The interface takes the form of a collection of widgets and gadgets, including a DialogShell widget, a BulletinBoard widget (or a subclass of a BulletinBoard widget or some other container widget), plus various children, including Label, PushButton, and Text widgets.
Industry:Software
(1) A function of DB2 for z/OS that enables applications on different DB2 subsystems to read from and write to the same data concurrently.<br />(2) The ability of multiple host systems to concurrently use data that they store on one or more storage devices. The storage facility enables configured storage to be accessible to any, or all, attached host systems. To use this capability, the host programme must be designed to support data that it is sharing.<br />(3) The ability of concurrent subsystems (such as DB2 or IMS DB) or application programmes to directly access and change the same data while maintaining data integrity.<br />(4) The concurrent access of databases by two or more IMSs. The IMSs can be in one operating system image or in separate operating system images. They can share data at two levels: the database level and the block level. See also block-level sharing, database-level sharing.
Industry:Software
(1) A server programme that processes events.<br />(2) A component of the Common Event Infrastructure that receives events from the event emitters. See also Common Event Infrastructure, event source, event emitter.
Industry:Software
(1) A function of the DB2 Query Manager and SQL Development Kit for i5/OS licenced programme that allows SQL statements to run dynamically instead of in batch mode. Every interactive SQL statement is read from the work station, prepared, and run dynamically.<br />(2) A set of SQL statements that is provided through an interface such as the Command centre or command line processor. These statements are processed as dynamic SQL statements. For example, an interactive SELECT statement can be processed dynamically using the DECLARE CURSOR, PREPARE, DESCRIBE, OPEN, FETCH, and CLOSE statements.
Industry:Software
(1) A server that manages the identity characteristics of users and servers for the purpose of provisioning software.<br />(2) The server on which Tivoli Provisioning Manager is installed.
Industry:Software
(1) A function that assigns identifiers to transactions, monitors their progress, and takes responsibility for transaction completion and failure recovery.<br />(2) A software unit that coordinates the activities of resource managers by managing global transactions and coordinating the decision to commit them or roll them back.<br />(3) See sync point manager.
Industry:Software
(1) A server that receives requests intended for another server and that acts on the client's behalf (as the client's proxy) to obtain the requested service. A proxy server is often used when the client and the server are incompatible for direct connection. For example, the client is unable to meet the security authentication requirements of the server but should be permitted some services.<br />(2) A server that acts as an intermediary for HTTP Web requests that are hosted by an application or a Web server. A proxy server acts as a surrogate for the content servers in the enterprise.
Industry:Software
(1) A function that converts a message into a fixed string of digits.<br />(2) An algorithm that converts processing data into a string of bits; known as a hash value or a message digest.<br />(3) In cryptography, pertaining to a type of algorithm that can be applied to a buffer of data to produce a fixed string of digits. Cryptographic programmes often apply one-way hash algorithms against a set of data and often compare the results with previously generated hash values.
Industry:Software
(1) A service element (IMS) that is backed up and that can initiate a takeover.<br />(2) A set of DBCTL subsystem identifiers of equivalent DBCTL subsystems, their associated job names, and the specific APPLIDs of the CICS systems that will use them. RSEs are defined by CICS resource definition macros and are held in the recoverable service table (RST). See also equivalent, recoverable service table.
Industry:Software
