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Glossary

ATM: asynchronous transfer mode

CMS: conversational monitor system (the VM shell)

CTCA: channel-to-channel adapter

DASD: direct-access storage device

DNS: domain name service

ELKS: embeddable Linux kernel subset

IDC: International Data Corporation

IDE: integrated development environment

IUCV: inter-user communications vehicle

LAN: local area network

LPAR: logical partition

MOSIX: scalable cluster computing for Linux

MTBF: mean time between failures

OCO: object code only

OSA: open systems adapter

PDA: personal digital assistant

RAID: redundant array of inexpensive/independent disks

RDBMS: relational database management system

RT-Linux: real-time Linux

SLS: softlanding Linux system

VM: virtual machine

YAST2: yet another setup tool (SuSE)