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GCG:Glossary Draft
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| 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 | |||
| SPG | Portal | A web site or web-based service that provides functionality to Web Users via web-specific applications | |||
| SPG | Pseudonymous web user | A verifiably-human Web User that provides authenticated non-identifying information to the Portal when invoking functionality. | |||
| SPG | Registrar | An individual responsible for collecting and maintaining information about a person registering as a Grid user | |||
| SPG | Resource | The equipment and software required to run a service on the Grid, and any data held on the service |