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`lip sync The process by which the movements of a
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`See link problem determination aid (LPDA). Link
`Problem Determination Aid-l.
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`link protocol (1) The rules for sending and receiving
`data at the link level.
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`link level.
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`link protocol converter (LPC) A device that changes
`one type of link-level protocol information to another
`type of link-level protocol information for processing;
`for example, 5208 Link Protocol Converter, 5209 Link
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`link segment In an ESCON environment, any portion
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`nents within a node representing a connection to an
`adjacent node over a specific link. For example. if
`node A is the primary end of a multipoint line that
`connects to three adjacent nodes, node A will have
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`adjacent nodes. See also adjacent link station.
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`APPN or subarea node that is attached by an APPN or
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`link status (LS) Information maintained by local and
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`link test In SNA, a test of the operation of a link in
`which one link station returns data received from
`another link station without changing the data.
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`link trace A sequential log of events that occur on a
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`link trailer In SNA, control information for data link
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`LlOCS logical lOCS.
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`liquid crystal display (LCD) A display device that
`creates characters by means of the action of reflected
`light on patterns formed by a liquid that becomes
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`list (1) An ordered set of data.
`object consisting of a collection of related records.
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`list box In SAA Advanced Common User Access
`architecture. a control that contains scrollable choices
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`list element One of several values specified in a list
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`listen In the X25 application program interface. to be
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`local administration Address administration in which
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`local area network (LAN) (1) A computer network
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`(2) A network in which a set of devices are
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`nng.
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`Figure 88. Local Area Networks
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`local area network broadcast The transmission of a
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`network. (T)
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`local area network multicast The transmission of a
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`network. (T)
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`local assistance One of the types of service described
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`licensed program. When local assistance is specified,
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`IBM personnel, on request and as available, will assist
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`local fix or bypass. Local assistance is provided by
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`IBM Systems Engineering.
`See also central service,
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`local-attached Deprecated term for channel—attached.
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`local channel (1) In private line services, the portion
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`(2) The hardware adapter on a 3791 Con—
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`troller that allows direct attachment to the multiplexer
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`channel of
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`W Watt.
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`WACK Wait before transmitting positive acknowl-
`edgment character. A character sequence sent by a
`receiving station as a positive response and to indicate
`that it is temporarily not ready to receive.
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`wafer A sheet of semiconductive material from which
`microchips are manufactured.
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`waiting time (1) The condition of a task that depends
`on one or more events in order to enter the ready con-
`dition.
`(2) The condition of a processing unit when
`all operations
`are
`suspended.
`(3) Synonym for
`latency.
`Note: The wait state may be a hard wait or a soft
`wait. The difference between the two wait states is
`that system recovery from as hard wait is impossible
`without perfomting a new initial program load (IPL)
`procedure, whereas recovery from a soft wait may be
`accomplished without
`impairing program or system
`operation.
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`wait state Synonym for latency.
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`walk-through ln multimedia applications, a type of
`animated presentation that simulates a walking tour of
`a three-dimensional scene.
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`WAN Wide area network.
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`wand A device used to read information encoded on
`merchandise
`tickets,
`credit
`cards,
`and employee
`badges.
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`wanding Passing the tip of a wand reader over a
`magnetically encoded stripe;
`for example. on a mer-
`chandise ticket. credit card, or employee badge.
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`wand reader In the 3650 Retail Store System, a
`special feature available for the 3653 Point of Sale
`Terminal. used to read magnetically encoded informa-
`tion
`on merchandise
`tickets,
`credit
`cards.
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`employee badges.
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`wavelength
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`set
`character
`a double-byte
`ward A section of
`(DBCS) where the first byte of the (DBCS) codes
`belonging to that
`section
`are
`the
`same
`value.
`According to IBM standards for DBCS codes,
`there
`are 190 wards. and each ward has up to 190 points on
`which DBCS characters can be assigned. Contrast
`with point.
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`warm restart Restart of ACF/I‘CAM following either
`a (pick or a flush closedown.
`The ACF/ICAM
`checkpoint/restart
`facility restores
`the ACF/TCAM
`environment as nearly as possible to its condition
`before closedown or failure. Contrast with cold restart.
`See
`also
`point-of-failure
`restart,
`point-of-last-
`environmenl restart.
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`warm start (1) The start of a database management
`system with preprocessing of before-images. (T)
`(2) A restart that allows reuse of previously initialized
`input and output work queues.
`(3) in VM, the result
`of an initial program load (IPL) that does not erase
`previous system data.
`(4) [n VM, the automatic rein-
`itialization of the VM control program tha occurs if
`the
`control program cannot
`continue processing.
`Closed spool files and the VM accounting information
`are not lost. Contrast with checkpoint start, cold start.
`force start.
`(5) Synonym for
`system restart
`(I).
`(6) See also warm restart
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`warning message (1) An indication that a possible
`error has been detected. Contrast with error message.
`(2) In SAA Common User Accws architecture. a
`message that tells a user that a requested action has
`been suspended because something undesirable could
`occur. A user can continue the requested action, with-
`draw the requested action, or get help. See also action
`message, information message.
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`WATS Wide Area Telephone Service. A service that
`provides a special line on which the subscriber may
`make unlimited calls to certain zones on a direct-
`distance-dialing basis for a flat monthly charge.
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`wave file A file used for audio sounds on a waveform
`device.
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`waveform (l) A graphic representation of the shape
`of a wave that indicates its characteristics, such as fre-
`quency and amplitude.
`(2) A digital method of
`storing and manipulating audio data.
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`waveform monitor In video systems. a device that
`measures the characteristics of a video signal.
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`wavelength 11w distance from one point of a periodic
`waveform to the same point in the next cycle. See
`Figure 164
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`way station
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`Figure 164. Wavelength
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`way station A station on a multipoint circuit.
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`WCC Write control character.
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`weak external reference (WXTRN) An external ref-
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`erence that does not have to be resolved during
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`linkage editing.
`If it is not resolved,
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`typing that
`weak typing In programming languages,
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`Types of all objects may not be known at compile
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`time. (A)
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`WEB Work element block.
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`the
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`weight In a positional
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`factor by which the value represented by a character in
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`tribution in the representation of a number.
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`Synonymous with significance.
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`in
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`which recent data are given greater emphasis than
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`weighting See A~weighting.
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`tion program that
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`Disk Operating System (DOS) partition without dis-
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`rupting NetView/PC functions.
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`network.
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`well-known port (1) In the AIX operating system, a
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`conventional port assignment used by hosts
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`widget gravity
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`port.
`(2) In TCP/IP, a port that is assigned the same
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`port number in all TCP/IP implementations.
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`wet process development In a document copying
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`machine, a developing process using a liquid devel-
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`oper. (T) Contrast with dry process development.
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`Whetstone A measure of a computer’s performance of
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`arithmetic operations.
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`WHILE statement A C language looping statement
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`expression in parentheses (the condition) and a state—
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`white balance The process of adjusting a video
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`rendered as “white" and thereby to ensure that colors
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`who-are-you (WRU) See inquiry character.
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`whole array In FORTRAN, a named array.
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`wide area network (WAN) (l) A network that pro-
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`larger than that served by a local area network or a
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`metropolitan area network,
`and that may use or
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`provide public communication facilities. (T)
`(2) A
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`data communications network designed to serve an
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`area of hundreds or thousands of miles;
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`public and private packet—switching networks, and
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`national telephone networks. Contrast with local area
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`network (LAN).
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`wideband Synonym for broadband. (T)
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`wide shot Synonym for long shot.
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`Widget (1) In the AIX operating system, a graphic
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`device that can receive input from the keyboard or
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`mouse and communicate with an application or with
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`is a member of only one class and always has a
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`window associated with it.
`(2) The fundamental data
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`type of
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`a
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`user-interface
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`abstraction;
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`It is the
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`combination of an AIX Enhanced X-Windows window
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`subwindow) and its associated semantics.
`A
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`widget implements procedures through its widget class
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`structirre.
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`widget class In the AIX operating system, the general
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`It
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`is a
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`pointer to a structure. Synonymous with widget type.
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`widget gravity Synonym for window gravity.
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`Petitioner Riot Games, Inc. - EX. 1015, p. 744
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`Petitioner Riot Games, Inc. - Ex. 1015, p. 744
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`Petitioner Valve - Ex. 1015, Page 744
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