.. _glossary:

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Glossary
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(a very limited/partial glossary)

* *ARC* : Advanced Resource Connector
* *BDII* : Berkeley Database Information Index
* *CA* : Certification Authority
* *CE* : Computing Element
* *CRL* : Certifcate Revocation List
* *CS* : Confguration Service
* *DISET* : DIRAC (DIrac SEcure Transport) In-House client/service protocol
* *DMS* : Data Management System
* *DN* : Distinguished Name
* *DST* : Data Summary Tape
* *FTS* : File Transfer Service
* *GFAL* : Grid File Access Library
* *GLUE* : Grid Laboratory Uniform Environment
* *GridFTP* : Grid File Transfer Protocol
* *GSI* : Grid Security Infrastructure
* *GUID* : Globally Unique IDentifer
* *JDL* : Job Description Language
* *JobDB* : Job Database
* *JobID* : Job Identifer
* *LDAP* : Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
* *LFC* : LCG File Catalogue
* *LFN* : Logical File Name
* *MC* : Monte Carlo
* *OSG* : Open Science Grid
* *Panda* : Production ANd Distributed Analysis
* *PFN* : Physical File Name
* *ProdID* : Production Identifer
* *SE* : Storage Element
* *SRM* : Storage Resource Manager
* *SURL* : Storage URL
* *VO* : Virtual Organisation
* *VOMS* : Virtual Organisation Membership Service
* *WLCG* : WorldWide LHC Computing Grid
* *WMS* : Workload Management System
* *WN* : Worker Node
* *WSDL* : Web Services Description Language
* *WSRF* : Web Services Resource Framework