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automatically granted through inheritance or object ownership. Contrast with base authority and explicit authority.

import. To bring in data. In TeamConnection, to bring selected items into a ®eld from a matching TeamConnection object window.

inheritance. The passing of con®guration management properties from parent to child component. The con®guration management properties that are inherited are access and noti®cation. Inheritance within each TeamConnection family or component hierarchy is cumulative.

integrated problem tracking. The process of integrating problem tracking with change control to track all reported defects, all proposed features, and all subsequent changes to parts. See also change control.

interest group. The list of actions that trigger noti®cation to the user IDs associated with those actions listed in the noti®cation list.

J

job queue. A queue of build scopes. One job queue exists for each TeamConnection family.

L

local version ID. In collision records, the database ID of the version of the current work area.

lock. An action that prevents editing access to a part stored in the TeamConnection development environment so that only one user can change a part at a time.

login. The name that identi®es a user on a multi-user system, such as AIX or HP-UX, Solaris, or Windows NT. In OS/2 and Windows 95, the login value is obtained from the TC_USER environment variable.

M

map. The process of reassigning the meaning of an object.

metadata. In databases, data that describe data objects.

N

name server. In TCP/IP, a server program that supplies name-to-address translation by mapping domain names to Internet addresses.

National Language Support (NLS). The modi®cation or conversion of a United States English product to conform to the requirements of another language or country. This can include the enabling or retro®tting of a product and the translation of nomenclature, MRI, or documentation of a product.

Network File System (NFS). The Network File System is a program that enables you to share ®les with other computers in networks over a variety of machine types and operating systems.

noti®cation list. An object that enables component owners to con®gure noti®cation. A list attached to a component that pairs a list of user IDs and a list of interest groups. It designates the users and the corresponding noti®cation interest that they are being granted for all objects managed by this component or any of its descendants.

noti®cation server. A server that sends noti®cation messages to the client.

NTFS. NT ®le system.

NVBridge. A tool for automatic electronic distribution of TeamConnection software deliverables within a NetView DM/2 network.

O

operator. A symbol that represents an operation to be done. See also comparison operators.

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