DRAFT
Glossary
T
Table
Table cardinality
Table scan
Target
In Multifind, refers to the domain, data set, or field in which a list of keyword values is to be further qualified.
Regarding DISC utilities, refers to a data entity on which a specified operation is to be performed.
TCP Sockets
one of the transport methods used by OMNIDEX Client for transferring data packets between the client and server, used when clients access the server through a direct connection, as through a
LAN.
TCP/IP
* Transmission Control Protocol over Internet Protocol; the de facto standard Ethernet protocol used for inter-networks in the UNIX environment.
Textual data
Thick client
Thin client
A simple client program or device which relies on the server for most of the function of the system, are easy to maintain and deploy since program modifications are made only in a centralized location, and installation of updates are not required on each client seat. See also: tier, thick client.
Tidmap
tuple identification map; in OMNIDEX, six digits separated by commas that define the translation of native database row IDs to OMNIDEX IDs.
As of version 4.0, tidmaps are no longer used.
Tier
A level describing client/server architecture, where a two-tier model is a thick client model (e.g., a PC running a user interface as client, combined with a host/server on which a database and the application resides). A three-tier model is a thin client model (e.g., a PC with a user interface as a client, a separate server contains a database, and a third server contains an application program).
TR - Transparency
TRR - Transparency / Row Number
Transparency with Record Number; a variant of TR; used on index installation on flat file databases, relational databases with composite search items, and when it is necessary to intersect aggregation indexes with MDK qualifications in a TR parent table.
Transport
Trigger
TSE
Tuning
Tuple