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Glossary
GL-8 365-360-001R6.0
Issue 1, December 2008
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T
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A transport protocol commonly used over a
network. The 8950 AAA application currently supports TCP/IP only.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT FILE PACKAGER
SMT tool for selecting and sending server files to the 8950 AAA technical support team
TELNET
Terminal emulation program that makes a computer behave like a specific type of terminal
THREAD
A program component that can run independently
TIMEOUT
Amount of time to wait before an action is taken
TIMEOUT LINGER
Additional time beyond the timeout period before an action is taken
TNS LISTENER
The TNS Listener is a persistent daemon process, run by Oracle that “listens” to the 8950 AAA
application for database commands and updates.
TOOLBAR
Row of buttons used for invoking commands to a GUI-based application
U
UI
User Interface application. This application is responsible for providing each 8950 AAA Server
Management Tool user with a graphic interface to communicate with 8950 AAA.
UNIX
This is one of the Operating Systems that provides an environment to govern how resources are
used on the machine. Such resources include CPU, RAM memory, and secondary storage. UNIX
also supports the execution of user-level programs.
USER PROFILE
Information about a specific user used by the server for processing requests.
USER SOURCE
Location where user profiles are maintained, such as a file, database, or a directory
USS
Universal State Server—In-memory database optimized to track network resource usage
V
VERIFICATION ATTRIBUTES
Information that the server uses to determine how to respond to a RADIUS request (See CHECK-
ITEMS)