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VOMS - Virtual Organization Membership Service
 
VOMS - Virtual Organization Membership Service
 
http://toolkit.globus.org/grid_software/security/voms.php
 
http://toolkit.globus.org/grid_software/security/voms.php
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WMS - Workload Managment System
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The central part of the DIRAC system
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CE - Computing Element
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A computing resource DIRAC is able to use when running jobs.
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e.g. CONDOR, batch, CREAM...

Revision as of 16:39, 8 January 2015

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...