Grid Computing terms starting with C

29 terms

  1. CA (Certificate Authority) The link that allows a server and client to communicate. A CA vouches for the identity of a server and client by issuing certificates stamped with the…
  2. CA Certificate The CA's certificate. This certificate is used to verify signature on certificates issued by the CA.
  3. CA Signing Policy The CA signing policy is used to place constraints on the information you trust a given CA to bind to public keys.
  4. Capacity on Demand Processing power that is available as needed in a timely manner without disrupting other business priorities.
  5. Catastrophe Theory A special branch of dynamical systems theory that studies and classifies phenomena characterized by sudden shifts in behavior arising from small changes…
  6. CERN (Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire) The Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire is a European organization for nuclear research.
  7. certificate Digital signature combining data verification and encryption key. See PKI Digital Signature.
  8. Certificate Authority ( CA ) An entity that issues certificates. [fixme - flesh out]
  9. Certificate Revocation List (CRL) A list of revoked certificates generated by the CA that originally issued them.
  10. certificate subject An identifier for the certificate owner, e.g. "/DC=org/DC=doegrids/OU=People/CN=John Doe 123456".
  11. client Any computer system that requests a service of another computer system. A workstation requesting the contents of a file from a file server is a client of…
  12. client-config.wsdd Axis client-side WSDD configuration file. It contains information about the type mappings, the transport and other handlers.
  13. client/server transfer In a client/server transfer, there are only two entities involved in the transfer, the client entity and the server entity.
  14. Cluster Interconnect A very high-speed connection allowing nodes in a cluster to communicate.
  15. Clustering Connecting two or more computers together in such a way that they appear to be a single computing resource.
  16. command line interface (CLI) A software product that allows the user to type in commands at a prompt. Contrast to forms interface.
  17. command/response Both FTP and GridFTP are command/response protocols. What this means is that once a client sends a command to the server, it can only accept responses…
  18. Commercial Enterprise Application A class of enterprise application which usually exhibits some of the following attributes: Multi-tier architecture.
  19. Compute Element A physical grid component that is a general purpose computer, such as a server. See also: Grid Component
  20. concurrency Part of an acquisition strategy which combines or overlaps two or more phases of the acquisition process, or combines development T&E with operational T&E.
  21. Concurrent Version System (CVS) Source code repository used by the Globus Toolkit.
  22. Condor A job scheduler mechanism supported by GRAM. See http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/ for more information.
  23. Consolidate One of the three steps recommended by Oracle to help data centers move to a Grid Computing architecture.
  24. Container In the Exchange Administrator program, an object that contains other objects. For example, the Recipients container is composed of recipient objects.
  25. control channel The Communication link (TCP) over which commands and responses flow. Low bandwidth; encrypted and integrity protected by default.
  26. Control Theory The mathematical analysis of the systems and mechanisms for achieving a desired state under changing internal and external conditions.
  27. credentials Also called access credentials or security credentials. In authentication and authorization, a system uses credentials to identify who is making a call…
  28. Cryptix https://www.cryptix.org
  29. Cybernetics A term derived from the Greek word for "steersman" that was introduced in 1947 to describe the science of control and communication in animals and…