Appendix A. Acronyms

This chapter provides a glossary of the acronyms used in the Performance Co-Pilot documentation, help cards, reference pages, and user interface.

Table A-1. Performance Co-Pilot Acronyms and Their Meanings

Acronym

Meaning

DBMS

Database Management System

DSO

Dynamic Shared Object

IP

Internet Protocol

I/O

Input/Output

IPC

Inter-process Communication

PCP

Performance Co-Pilot

PDU

Protocol Data Unit

PMAPI

Performance Metrics Application Programming Interface

PMCD

Performance Metrics Collection Daemon

PMDA

Performance Metrics Domain Agent

PMID

Performance Metric Identifier

PMNS

Performance Metrics Name Space

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol