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 3 :Info: daemon.gi: 02/04/82 daemon
 4 
 5      One of several system service processes that perform such tasks
 6 as process creation, backup, network control, and printing segments on
 7 the line printer.
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10 :Info: data_base_manager.gi: 03/05/82 data base manager
11 
12      A software system that integrates various computerized
13 information units of an organization into a total system.  With such a
14 system, all users of data within an organization share common records
15 of information and the information available at every level is drawn
16 from the same source, providing mutually consistent levels of accuracy
17 to all users.
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20 :Info: directory_hierarchy.gi: 03/05/82 directory hierarchy
21 
22      The tree-structured organization of the logical contents of the
23 Multics storage system.
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26 :Info: discretionary_access.gi: 02/05/82 discretionary access control
27 
28      Allows individual users to grant or deny other users access to
29 their segments and directories at their own discretion.  See
30 access.info.
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33 :Info: dump.gi: 02/05/82 dump
34 
35      Dump refers to the copying of user segments and directories
36 onto removable storage (magnetic tapes) by the heirarchy backup
37 system.  The dumping is conventionally done using the processes
38 Backup.SysDaemon and Dumper.SysDaemon.  The information dumped can
39 be recovered by the operations staff at the user's request.
40 See the enter_retrieval_request command.
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43 :Info: dynamic_linking.gi: 02/05/82 dynamic linking
44 
45      The resolution of symbolic external references at execution
46 time (that is, the first time the symbol is actually referenced).