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multichannel
An application that uses more than one channel. A server is
usually multichannel.
multithreaded
An application that uses more than one thread of execution in a
single process.
MS DTC
Microsoft DTC; see DTC.
network partition
A network partition, usually inadvertently, separates a network
into disconnected parts. For example, due to link failures,
a 20-node network could become two unconnected 10-node
networks. This would constitute a network partition.
node
A physical system.
nontransactional message
A message containing data that does not contain any part of
a transaction such as a broadcast or diagnostic message. See
transactional message.
partition
RTR transactions can be sent to a specified key range of a
database or a partition. This is data-content routing and is
handled by RTR when so programmed in the application and
specified by the system administrator. For example, a database
with keys from A to Z can be partitioned into key ranges from A
to I, J to R, and S to Z. A partition can be in one of three states:
primary, standby, and shadow. See also network partition.
partition properties
Information about the attributes of a partition.
polling
A processing method where the application polls for incoming
messages.
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