API
- Application Programming Interface
CDS
- Cell Directory Service
CMIP
- Common Management Information Protocol
CORBA
- Common Object Request Broker Architecture
DCE
- Distributed Computing Environment
DEC
- Digital Equipment Corporation
DES
- Data Encryption Standard
DFS
- Distributed File Service
DME
- Distributed Management Environment
DNS
- Domain Name Service
DTS
- Distributed Time Service
ERA
- Extended Registry Attributes
GDA
- Global Directory Agent
GDS
- Global Directory Service
GSSAPI
- Generic Security Service API
HP
- Hewlett-Packard Company
IBM
- International Business Machines
IDL
- Interface Definition Language
IIOP
- Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
NTP
- Network Time Protocol
OMG
- Object Management Group
OODCE
- Object-Oriented Distributed Computing Environment
ORB
- Object Request Broker
OSF
- Open Software Foundation
POSIX
- Portable Operating System Interface for Unix
RFC
- Request For Comments
RFI
- Request For Information
RFP
- Request For Proposals
RPC
- Remote Procedure Call
SCO
- Santa Cruz Operation
SGI
- Silicon Graphics, Inc.
SNMP
- Simple Network Management Protocol
UTC
- Universal Time Coordinated
UUID
- Universal Unique Identifier
1.Introduction
