- Industry: Computer
- Number of terms: 98482
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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) In the CVS team development environment, a separate line of development where changes can be isolated. When a programmer changes files on a branch, those changes do not appear on the main trunk or other branches.<br />(2) An object that specifies a linear sequence of versions of an element. Each branch is an instance of a branch type object.<br />(3) In process modeling, a distinct path leading to or originating from an element in a process model.
Industry:Software
(1) A unique name used to identify an entity such as a field, file, data structure, or label within an RPG program.<br />(2) A string composed of characters from the ISO 646 code set that is used in locales to represent a character.
Industry:Software
(1) A WebSphere business integration system component that contains business logic describing a distributed business process. Collaborations are used to coordinate and extend the business processes of disparate enterprise software products and to facilitate meaningful data exchange between them. Collaborations use business objects to exchange and manipulate data. See also business logic.<br />(2) A conceptual collection or grouping of model elements, classifiers, or primitive types that are unified in accomplishing some objective within the context of the collaboration.<br />(3) The ability to connect customers, employees, or business partners to the people and processes in a business or organization, in order to facilitate improved decision-making. Collaboration involves two or more individuals with complementary skills interacting together to resolve a business problem.
Industry:Software
(1) A WebSphere Voice Response system that is used to respond to or make 'live' calls. A production system can also be used to develop new applications. See also development system.<br />(2) A system on which application programs that are already developed and tested run on a regular basis.
Industry:Software
(1) In COBOL, a set of entries that includes all subordinate entries to the next equal- or higher-level number.<br />(2) The tree-like arrangement of segments in a database, beginning with the root segment and proceeding down to dependent segments.<br />(3) A defined relationship among a set of attributes that are grouped by levels in the dimension of a cube model.
Industry:Software
(1) In VisualAge RPG, a functional grouping of classes and related files within a product.<br />(2) A part of a structured type or value, such as an array element or a record field.<br />(3) A reusable object or program that performs a specific function and is designed to work with other components and applications.<br />(4) In Eclipse, one or more plug-ins that work together to deliver a discrete set of functions.<br />(5) A visual element of a host screen, such as a command line, function key, or selection list. HATS applications transform host components into widgets.<br />(6) A ClearCase object that is used to group a set of related directory and file elements within a Unified Change Management (UCM) project. Typically, the elements that make up a component are developed, integrated, and released together. A project must contain at least one component, and it can contain multiple components. Projects can share components.<br />(7) A set of modules that performs a major function within a system.<br />(8) An entity about which measurements are collected for reporting purposes. Sample components include a specific network storage device; the Web address http://www.ibm.com; and a person with whom you have a customer relationship. Each component type in the data model has a set of metrics and attributes that apply to all components of that type.<br />(9) A common component or an assembly. See also common component, assembly.
Industry:Software
(1) In VisualAge RPG, a part that can notify target parts whenever the state of the source part changes. A source part can have multiple targets.<br />(2) A system, a program within a system, or a device that makes a request to a target.<br />(3) A resource, such as a host, that is being monitored by an event adapter.<br />(4) A port that places voice data on the SCBus. See also sink.<br />(5) The markup-language pertaining to files that define a HATS project or one of its resources. Also the name of a folder contained in each HATS project.<br />(6) In distributed data management (DDM), the platform that originates a request for remote data. See also Distributed FileManager, target.
Industry:Software
(1) A word that is defined by a programming language and that cannot be used as an identifier or changed by the user.<br />(2) A word that has been set aside for special use in the SQL standard.
Industry:Software
(1) In COBOL, an access method in which specific logical records can be obtained from or placed into a mass storage file in a nonsequential manner and obtained from a file in a sequential manner during the scope of the same OPEN statement.<br />(2) A process where records can be accessed sequentially or randomly, depending on the form of the input/output request. See also access mode.
Industry:Software
(1) A word, phrase, or visual representation that denotes or depicts one object or idea but suggests a likeness or analogy with another object or idea.<br />(2) In WebSphere Commerce, a usage paradigm that customers can use to navigate product catalogs. Metaphors are provided as part of the Product Advisor component.
Industry:Software
