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Pat: Yeah, terminology is changing. It's moving more to "client" and "server". Ah, well. But there may be messages or other text that refer to "source" and "target", so I thought Chuck should be clear. Best currently available definitions relating to DDM I'm aware of would be: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/qb3alh00/1.4 I tried searching InfoCenter for the terms, but... hey, it's InfoCenter, ya' know? Tom Liotta On Tue, 20 November 2001, Pat Barber wrote: > > Those two terms were new to me, since I always used "Host"(physical > file) > and "remote"(DDMF), but somebody pointed out to me that those terms > weren't used much anymore... Source=HOST --- TARGET(DDMF) and it really > depends on "who" is referring to what. Since there is really only ONE > file and everybody including the local programs use the same file, > having > two terms makes no sense. A DDMF is still just one file accessed by more > than > one system. The "remote" users would still just call it a "file" no > matter > where it "lives"... I'm not sure where "source" and "target" really came > from..... > > > > > thomas@inorbit.com wrote: > > > > > > Unless you're saying that the DDMF is the "actual file", I'd say the >opposite is true. The source sytem is where the DDMF resides; the target >system has the physical file pointed to (aimed at?) by the DDMF. The physical >file is the target of the DDMF. No? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. -- Tom Liotta The PowerTech Group, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 Phone 253-872-7788 Fax 253-872-7904 http://www.400Security.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/
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