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`a specific
`data authority In the AS/400 system,
`authority to read, add, update, or delete data. See also
`add authority, delete authority, read authority, update
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`data bank (1) A set of data related to a given subject
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`of libraries of data;
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`invoice may form an item, a complete invoice may
`form a record, a complete set of such records may
`form a file,
`the collection of inventory control files
`may form a library, and the libraries used by an
`organization are known as its data bank.
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`database (1) A collection of data with a given struc-
`ture for accepting, storing, and providing, on demand,
`data for multiple users.
`(T)
`(2) A collection of
`interrelated data organized according to a database
`schema to serve one or more applications.
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`data
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`system. (A)
`(4) A collection of data fundamental to
`an enterprise. (A)
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`data base See database.
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`the
`database administration The performance of
`functions of defining, organizing, controlling, and pro-
`tecting data in a database. (T)
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`database administration language (DAL) A lan-
`guage for database administration. (T)
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`(DBA) (1) An individual
`database administrator
`responsible for
`the design, development, operation,
`safeguarding,
`maintenance,
`and
`use
`of
`a
`database. (T)
`(2) The person who defines, organ-
`izes, manages,
`controls,
`and protects
`a database.
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`(3) A person who is responsible for a database
`system, particularly for defining the rules by which
`data are accessed and stored. The database adminis-
`trator is usually responsible also for database integrity,
`security, performance, and recovery.
`(4) In systems
`with the Hierarchical Storage Manager,
`the person
`authorized to issue system programmer and operator
`commands and responsible for managing auxiliary
`storage space.
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`Data Base and Transaction Management System A
`DPPX licensed program that handles both transaction
`processing and database requests.
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`database call ln DL/I, a method of identifying spe-
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`database description (DBD) In IMSNS,
`lection of maeroparameter statements that describes an
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`hierarchical
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`IMS/VS organization, device
`type, segment
`length, sequence fields, and alternate
`search fields.
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`are assembled to
`produce database description blocks.
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`database description generation (DBDGEN) The
`process by which a database description is created.
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`database design aid (DBDA) A design tool that per-
`forms a comprehensive analysis of application data
`requirements for OSNS and VSE users.
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`database directory A DL/l directory of all physical
`databases to be used by the CICS system.
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`database facility (DBF) (1) A set of commands in
`Progratninable Store System Host Support used to
`create
`and maintain data
`in the host processor.
`(2) The group of modules in Programmable Store
`System Host Support
`that
`interpret,
`control,
`and
`execute the user-coded database facility (DBF) com-
`mands.
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`database file (1) An object that contains descriptions
`of how input data are to be presented to a program
`from internal storage and how output data are to be
`presented to internal storage from a program. See also
`logical file, physical file.
`(2) In the OS/400 operating
`system, one of several types of the system object type
`FILE kept in the system that contains descriptions of
`how input data is to be presented to a program from
`internal storage and how output data is to be presented
`to internal storage from a program. See also physical
`file, logical file.
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`database handler The component of a database man-
`agement system that interprets the database calls, and
`that coordinates and executes the corresponding data-
`base access. (T)
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`database integrity In IMS/VS, the protection of data
`items in a database while they are available to any
`application program.
`This includes the isolation of
`effects of concurrent updates to a database by two or
`more application programs.
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`database key (1) A key, assigned by the database
`management system.
`that unambiguously identifies a
`record in a database. (T)
`(2) A unique value that
`serves as a pointer that identifies a record in the data-
`base to a run unit, and that may be used by the run
`unit to reselect the same record.
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