
Glossary
alias name
The unique name on the clien t that represents a specic DBEnvironment on the server. The alias name is part of eac h alias prole in the AliasDB le.
alias prole
A set of information that is associated with the alias name for a DBEn vironment. Alias proles are contained in the AliasDB le on the clien t. They are created and main tained by the system administrator using NETUtil.
AliasDB le
The AliasDB le con tains sets of information, called alias proles, that are associated with each alias name for a DBEn vironment. The AliasDB le resides on the clien t. It is created when the rst alias prole is en tered.
ALLBASE/NET
ALLBASE/NET is a softw are product that allo ws an application on one
ALLBASE/SQL
ALLBASE/SQL is an SQL database managemen t system that resides on the HP 3000 Series 900 and HP 9000 Series 800 and Series 300.
ARPA services
ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) is the net work software interface that enables communication between machines on the same net work via TCP/IP.
authority
An authority is a permission gran ted to a user to access specic objects for specic purposes within an ALLBASE/SQL DBEn vironment. See also object.
client
A system that secures the services of another system (a serv er). With ALLBASE/NET, an application on the clien t can access a remote DBEn vironment on the server. In some cases, a computer can act as both a clien t and a server. See also server.
CONNECT authorit y
CONNECT authorit y allows a user to access a DBEn vironment. A user with CONNECT authority has all table and view authorities that ma y have been granted to the special user
PUBLIC.