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Glossary

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abstract class. An object-oriented programming

class that represents a concept; classes derived

from it represent implementations of the concept.

You cannot construct an object of an abstract class;

that is, it cannot be instantiated.

access control list. A list consisting of one or

more user IDs or user groups and their associated

privileges. You use access control lists to control

user access to items and objects in the Content

Manager system. You use access control lists to

control user access to search templates in the

Enterprise Information Portal system.

access control. The process of ensuring that

certain functions and stored objects can be

accessed only by authorized users in authorized

ways.

action list. An approved list of the actions, defined

by a system administrator or some other workflow

coordinator, that a user can perform in a workflow or

document routing process.

address. The unique code assigned to each

device or workstation connected to a network. See

also IP address.

admission control. The process used by the

server to ensure that its bandwidth needs are not

compromised by new asset requests.

ADSM. See Tivoli Storage Manager.

aggregate bandwidth. Total throughput, in

megabits per second, that moves through a server

or server subsystem.

alias. In the Internet, a name assigned to a server

that makes the server independent of the name of its

host machine. The alias must be defined in the

domain name server.

American National Standard Code for

Information Interchange (ASCII). The standard

code, using a coded character set consisting of 7-bit

coded characters (8 bits including parity check), that

is used for information interchange among data

processing systems, data communication systems,

and associated equipment. The ASCII set consists

of control characters and graphic characters.

analog video. Video in which the information that

represents images is in a continuous-scale electrical

signal for amplitude and time.

API. See application programming interface.

application programming interface (API). A

software interface that enables applications to

communicate with each other. An API is the set of

programming language constructs or statements

that can be coded in an application program to

obtain the specific functions and services provided

by the underlying licensed program.

application server. Software that handles

communication with the client requesting an asset

and queries of the Content Manager.

archive. Persistent storage used for long-term

information retention, typically very inexpensive for

each stored unit and slow to access, and often in a

different geographic location to protect against

equipment failures and natural disasters.

ASCII. See American National Standard Code for

Information Interchange.