Dirac Dictionary
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Dictionary of terms which I've had to look up when working with DIRAC (rcurrie)
DN - Distinguished Name This uniquely describes the entity which this certificate was issued for. e.g. /C=DE/O=GermanGrid/OU=DESY/CN=John Doe
CN - Common Name e.g. your name
VOMS - Virtual Organization Membership Service http://toolkit.globus.org/grid_software/security/voms.php
WMS - Workload Managment System The central part of the DIRAC system
CE - Computing Element A computing resource DIRAC is able to use when running jobs. e.g. CONDOR, batch, CREAM...
