GCG:Glossary Draft

From	Term	Abbreviation	Definition	Notes	Status
SPG	Acceptable Use Policy	AUP	A policy describing the terms and conditions applicable to use of the Grid.
SPG	Accounting Data Centre	ADC	An entity that stores both local and non-local accounting data
SPG	Accounting record		An individual entry in an accounting database relating to one Grid job
SPG	Anonymous web user		A Web User who does not provide unique credentials to the Portal when invoking functionality
SPG	Application Community		A community of users connected by a shared discipline or project
SPG	Classic CA		A Certification Authority accredited by the IGTF according to the "Classic" Authentication Profile (URL)
SPG	Data Privacy		The privacy aspects of any data relating to personal information
SPG	Distinguished Name	DN	The name of the subject to which a public key is bound in a certificate
SPG	Grid		Any project or operational infrastructure which uses grid technologies and decides to adopt a policy to which this glossary pertains
SPG	Grid AUP		The AUP applying to all Grid users, not to be confused with the VO AUP
SPG	Grid Deployment Team		An entity responsible for Grid operations
SPG	Grid resource information system		A service containing information about Grid resources
SPG	Grid Security Officer		A named individual responsible for operational security of the Grid
SPG	Grid Security Operations		The team providing the operational security capability for the Grid
SPG	Identified web user		A Web User that provides authenticated personal identification to the Portal when invoking functionality, but whose credentials and way of authentication are not necessarily compatible or equivalent with Grid authentication.
SPG	Incident response		The process of responding to a security incident
SPG	International Grid Trust Federation	IGTF	The organisation responsible for the coordination of the Grid trust fabric (URL).
SPG	MICS CA		A Certification Authority accredited by the IGTF according to the Member Integrated Credential Services Authentication Profile (URL)
SPG	Multi User Pilot Job	MUPJ	A pilot job which pulls down workload belonging to a different user than the owner of the pilot job
SPG	Pilot Job		A place-holder Grid job which pulls down the real workload at execution time