Appendix A. Acronyms

Table A-1 provides a list of the acronyms used in the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) documentation, help cards, man pages, and user interface.

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

Acronym

Meaning

API

Application Programming Interface

DBMS

Database Management System

DNS

Domain Name Service

DSO

Dynamic Shared Object

I/O

Input/Output

IPC

Interprocess Communication

PCP

Performance Co-Pilot

PDU

Protocol data unit

PMAPI

Performance Metrics Application Programming Interface

PMCD

Performance Metrics Collection Daemon

PMCS

Performance Metrics Collection Subsystem

PMD

Performance Metrics Domain

PMDA

Performance Metrics Domain Agent

PMID

Performance Metric Identifier

PMNS

Performance Metrics Name Space

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol