iTP Active Transaction Pages (iTP ATP) Programmer's Guide

Glossary
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DNS
DNS. See Domain Name Server (DNS).
disk files. Standard POSIX or Guardian style disk files. The file names of POSIX disk files
comply with the POSIX specifications.
distinguished name (DN). The complete name of a directory entry, consisting of the Relative
Distinguished Name (RDN) of the entry and the RDNs of its superior entries.
Distributed Systems Management (DSM). An architecture and standard interfaces that
enable you to build new applications and subsystems. DSM provides a number or
products, many of which are standard on the NonStop™ Kernel and others of which are
optional.
DN. See distinguished name (DN)
DOCTYPE. Document type declaration at the beginning of an XML document that
associates a document type definition with the document.
Document Objects Model (DOM). An API that serves as a bridge between applications and
XML documents, enabling applications to work with XML document structures and
information as program structures rather than as text streams.
Document Type Definition (DTD). A specification of valid syntax for a class of XML
documents. A DTD specifies required elements and attributes, and permissible and
default values of attributes.
document type specification. A general term for a grammar or syntax specification such as
an XML DTD.
Domain Name Server (DNS). A method for naming resources. The basic function of the
DNS is to provide information about network objects by answering queries.
domain. In the Internet, a part of the naming hierarchy. Syntactically, a domain name consists
of a sequence of names (labels) separated by periods (dots).
element. The basic unit of information in an XML document. An element has a name and can
have content and attributes.
Ethernet. A popular local area network (LAN)
technology invented at the Xerox Corporation
Palo Alto Research Center. An Ethernet itself is a passive coaxial cable; the
interconnections all contain active components. Ethernet is a best-effort delivery system
that uses CSMA/CD technology. Xerox Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation,
and Intel Corporation developed and published the standard for 10 Mbps Ethernet.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The Internet standard, high-level protocol for transferring
files from one machine to another. Usually implemented as application-level programs,
FTP uses the TELNET
and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) protocols. The server
side requires a web client to supply a login identifier and password before it will honor
requests.