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- Pertaining to an element that is available only in its own process. See also global.
- Pertaining to a device, file, or system that is accessed directly from a user system, without the use of a communication line. See also remote.
- In programming languages, pertaining to the relationship between a language object and a block such that the language object has a scope contained in that block.
- Pertaining to information that is defined and used only in one subdivision of a computer program. See also global.
- In OSI, pertaining to the node from which one views the rest of the network.
- The address specified for the current network or host. The local address is usually referred to as the local host address or the local network address to differentiate the two types.
- In SNA, an address used in a peripheral node in place of a network address and transformed to or from a network address by the boundary function in a subarea node.
In OSI, an agent process on the local node. See also remote agent.
local application process
In OSI, an application process on the local node. See also remote application process.
local application thread
In DCE Remote Procedure Call (RPC), an application thread that executes within the confines of one address space on a local system and passes control exclusively among local code segments.
local area network (LAN)
A network that connects several devices in a limited area (such as a single building or campus) and that can be connected to a larger network. See also Ethernet, metropolitan area network, token ring, token-ring network, wide area network.
In PSF/MVS, pertaining to an SNA-attached device that does not have a communications controller in its configuration. For example, an IBM 3812 Page Printer connected to a channel-attached 3174 control unit that is defined to the host system through VTAM is considered to be a local-attached printer. See also communication attached.
local authentication (LAU)
The process of validating a user identity to the system according to the local operating system account to which the user logged in. If the user is authenticated, the user is mapped to a principal.
A function of a bridge program that enables a single bridge to connect multiple LAN segments without using a telecommunication link. See also remote bridging.
local buffer pool (LBP)
A buffer pool that exists on a member and caches pages only for that member. See also group buffer pool.
A system data set that CICS uses to record data used by the internal workings of CICS. See also global catalog.
local catalog domain
Together with the global catalog domain, a repository used by other CICS domains to hold information to allow an orderly restart. The two catalog domains enable CICS code to read, write, and purge records on the local and global catalog data sets so that a record of the CICS state can be maintained when CICS is not running.
In the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE), the cell to which the local machine belongs. See also foreign cell.
- In architecture, a local identifier used as a character, marker, or pattern set attribute.
- In the 3270 data stream, a value between X'40' and X'FE' used by an application program or an operator to identify a character set in the device and to select a character set for displaying or printing data.
- Any console that is dedicated to a single main within a JES3 installation. A remote job processing (RJP) console cannot be a local console.
- In the i5/OS Operations Console, the personal computer that has direct communications with a System i product. The local console uses either a dial-up connection or a direct cable. It controls remote access to the System i product and grants control of the System i product to remote consoles. See also Operations Console, remote console.
A functional unit within the system that controls the operation of one or more directly attached input/output devices or communications lines. See also remote controller.
Data that is known only to the routine in which it is declared. See also local database.
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