Glossary

attribute

Threads: The individual components of the attributes object. Attributes specify detailed properties about the objects to be created.

RPC:

1. An IDL or ACF syntax element, occurring within [ ] (brackets), and conveying information about an interface, type, field, parameter, or operation.

2. An attribute of an entry in a name service database that stores binding, group, object, or profile information for an RPC application and identifies the entry as an RPC server entry; an NSI attribute.

DTS: A piece of information associated with a DTS entity or command. DTS has four attribute categories: characteristics, counters, identifiers, and status.

XDS: Information of a particular type concerning an object and appearing in an entry that describes the object in the DIB.

XOM: A component of an object, comprising an integer that denotes the attribute's type and an ordered sequence of one or more attribute values, each accompanied by an integer denoting the value's syntax.