User's Manual

Glossary-11
Global Directory Service (GDS)
GDS is the DCE directory service that acts as an agent between DCE CDS and any
X.500 directory service. Both GDS and CDS are obsolete; they are only used by
DCE.
global role
A role managed in a directory, but its privileges are contained within a single
database. A global role is created in a database by using the following syntax:
CREATE ROLE <role_name> IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY;
grid computing
A computing architecture that coordinates large numbers of servers and storage to
act as a single large computer. Oracle Grid Computing creates a flexible, on-demand
computing resource for all enterprise computing needs. Applications running on
the Oracle 10g grid computing infrastructure can take advantage of common
infrastructure services for failover, software provisioning, and management. Oracle
Grid Computing analyzes demand for resources and adjusts supply accordingly.
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol: The set of rules for exchanging files (text, graphic
images, sound, video, and other multimedia files) on the World Wide Web. Relative
to the TCP/IP suite of protocols (which are the basis for information exchange on
the Internet), HTTP is an application protocol.
HTTPS
The use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) as a sublayer under the regular HTTP
application layer.
identity
The combination of the public key and any other public information for an entity.
The public information may include user identification data such as, for example,
an e-mail address. A user certified as being the entity it claims to be.
identity management
The creation, management, and use of online, or digital, entities. Identity
management involves securely managing the full life cycle of a digital identity from
creation(provisioning of digitalidentities) to maintenance (enforcing organizational
policies regarding access to electronic resources), and, finally, to termination.