ClearPath IX Systems Installation and Configuration Guide

Glossary
file allocation table (FAT)
A table or list maintained by some operating systems to keep track of the status of various
segments of disk space used for file storage. Also referred to as the FAT file system.
File Gateway (FileGate)
A gateway supplied with the WebTx software that enables you to store static Web pages
(HTML files) and other text files in the OS 2200 environment of your ClearPath IX server
and provide them to Web users on your intranet or the Internet. FileGate is available for
both the Windows NT and UnixWare environments of ClearPath IX servers.
file transfer protocol (FTP)
A service supporting file transfers between local and remote systems that support this
protocol. FTP supports several commands that allow bidirectional transfer of binary and
ASCII files between systems.
fourth-generation language (4GL)
Programming environments that streamline the application development process by
allowing programmers to focus more on the results desired and less on the specific
programming techniques required to process the data. LINC and MAPPER are examples of
fourth-generation languages.
FTP
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gateway
See file transfer protocol.
A device that performs data conversions to enable interconnections between dissimilar
networks. A router is an example of a gateway. See also WebTx gateways.
global transaction
A single unit of work that is performed by one or more application programs and one or
more resource managers, possibly on different machines. An application program defines
the start and end of a global transaction. A transaction manager coordinates a global
transaction’s initiation and completion (on behalf of an application program) by
communicating with participating resource managers. An application program can also
perform work outside of any global transaction (a nonglobal transaction). See also
distributed transaction processing (DTP) X/Open Distributed Transaction Processing
model.
group
In UnixWare, a file ownership mechanism that allows files or user-ids to be grouped for the
purpose of granting file access permissions (for example, read, write, or execute).
guest account
On computers running Windows NT Workstation or Windows NT Server, a built-in account
used for logons by people who do not have a user account on the computer or domain or in
any of the domains trusted by the computer’s domain.
GUI
Abbreviation for graphical user interface.
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