Glossary

ABC

absolute time

abstract class

Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)

Access Control List

access control list entry

access control list facility

access right

accessible

account

ACF

ACL

active context handle

address

administration domain

administrative domain

administrative list

aggregate

aggregate identifier

alias

alias entry

aliased object

aliasing

anode

anonymous user

API

application programming interface (API)

application thread

ASN.1

asynchronous operation

AT

at-most-once semantics

atomic transaction

attention threshold

attribute

attribute configuration file (ACF)

attribute configuration language

attribute encoding type

attribute instance

attribute schema

attribute schema object

attribute set

attribute syntax

attribute table (AT)

attribute type

attribute value

attribute value assertion (AVA)

attribute value syntax

audit action

audit client

audit condition

audit daemon

audit event

audit filter

audit record

audit trail file

authentication

authentication header

authentication level

authentication path

authentication protocol

authentication service

authentication surrogate

authenticator

authorization

authorization data

authorization protocol

automatic binding method

AVA

background skulk time

backup

backup database

backup database machine

backup fileset

backup fileset ID

backup server

backup system

basename

Basic Encoding Rules (BER)

basic overseer server (BOS Server)

BER

big endian

binary distribution machine

binary timestamp

binding

binding handle

binding handle vector

binding information

binding management method

blocking call

bnode

BOS server

broadcast

broadcast semantics

browser

butc process

C interface

C-stub

cache

cache manager

caching

caching layer

call chain

call queue

call thread

callback

cancel

CDS

CDS control program (cdscp)

CDS-defined attribute

cdscp

cell

cell alias

cell module

cell-relative name

central audit trail file

chaining

character set

characteristic attribute

child cell

child directory

child pointer

ciphertext

class

class-id

class-specific attribute

clearinghouse

clearinghouse object entry

clerk

client

client application thread

client binding information

client context

client machine

client portion of update server

client stub

clock

clock adjustment

clone

clone ID number

code point

code set

code set registry

collapse

command suite

commit

communications link

compatible server

computed time

concrete class

condition variable

configuration of directory service

conformant array

connection-oriented protocol

container

container object

context handle

continuation reference

control access

convergence

conversation key

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

copy

core leak

courier

Creation Timestamp (CTS)

credentials

cron bnode

cron process

CTS

customized binding handle