database

A collection of data with a given structure of accepting, storing, and providing, on demand, data for multiple users. (T)

The means by which a client and server exchange information that is represented by an array of descriptors.

See double byte character set.

DBCS enabling adds the capability to a product for the management of the double byte character set. All data and components in the system that handle a human readable character string use DBCS enabling.

Device control block.

Distributed computing environment.

Dynamic data exchange.

Device driver kit.

A folder that fills the entire screen and holds all the objects with which the user can interact to perform operations on the system.

A data structure that contains data and addresses for indirect calls for a logical device.

A program that enables the computer to communicate with a specific peripheral device, such as a pen, video disc player, or CD drive.

A set of programming tools and device driver source code provided for device-driver developers.

A unique identification number assigned to a logical device. A device ID is unique across an entire system.

An object that provides a means of communication between a computer and another piece of equipment, such as a pen or display.

Distributed file system.

(1) The interaction between a user and a computer. (2) In an interactive system, a series of related inquiries and responses similar to a conversation between two people.

A movable window, fixed in size, containing controls that a user uses to provide information required by an application so that it can continue to process a user request.

A series of statements that define the identifier, memory options, dialog-box dimensions, and controls of a dialog.

A high-speed coprocessor designed to do real-time manipulation of signals.

An electronic device that transmits coordinate data to software running on a computer.

A statement that carries out a task such as including a header file, defining constants, or conditionally compiling portions of a resource script file.

A type of file containing the names and controlling information for other files or other directories.

A set of standards governed by the Open Software Foundation (OSF) for open computing in distributed systems.

A file system composed of files or directories that physically reside on more than one computer in a communication network.

IBM corporate framework for system management.

In IMS/VS, a message format service (MFS) option that allows programs to communicate with device independence by sharing message formatting functions between MFS and a user-written remote program. The user-written remote program performs device-dependent formatting.

In DPPX systems, an IBM licensed program that provides the COBOL and assembler language application programmer with support for formatting and modifying the layout of data on displays and printers.

Distributed System Object Model. Provides remote access to SOM objects in a transparent way that insulates client programmers from having to know the location or platform type where a target object will be instantiated. DSOM allows programmers to use the same object model independently of whether the objects they access are in the same process, in another process on the same machine, or across distributed networks.

Dynamic link library.

Distributed management system.

(1) In the OS/2 operating system, a collection of network objects that a group of users have authorization to use. (2) In speech-recognition systems, a set of vocabularies and language models that are designed to support a particular speech application.

Domain identification. A short name (or identifier) that is uniquely associated with a domain.

A personality that is started first, "provides" the desktop (most likely, the desktop is an application of the dominant personality), and exports a set of support functions to the alternate personalities and Workplace Shared Services.

Disk Operating System, the original operating system used with IBM-compatible personal computers.

A character set whose character codes are represented by two-byte code. Used for code pages for some Asian countries.

To press and release a mouse button twice within a time frame defined by the user, without moving the pointer off the choice. See click

To touch a touch-sensitive screen with a pointing device twice in rapid succession within a small area.

Distributed presentation management.

Distributed Presentation Services (DPS).

To use a pointing device to move an object.

To fix the position of an object that is being dragged by releasing the select button on the pointing device.

Distributed System Object Model.

Digital signal processor.

In Workplace architecture, a messaging protocol that allows PM applications to exchange data via shared memory. DDE transactions always take place between a client application and a server application. The client initiates a dialog with the server by requesting data from the server. The server responds by providing the requested data to the client.

A file containing executable code and data bound to a program at load time or run time, rather than during linking. The code and data in a dynamic link library can be shared by several applications simultaneously. DLLs can be interchanged without recompiling or relinking the applications that use them.