Terms used in this book
The following terms are used throughout this book:
- WebSphere MQ family
- refers to the following WebSphere MQ products:
- WebSphere MQ Workflow simplifies integration across the
whole enterprise by automating business processes involving people and applications.
- WebSphere MQ Integrator is powerful message-brokering software
that provides real-time, intelligent rules-based message routing, and content
transformation and formatting.
- WebSphere MQ Messaging provides any-to-any connectivity
from desktop to mainframe, through business quality messaging, supporting
over 35 platforms.
- WebSphere MQ Messaging
- refers to the following messaging product groups:
- Distributed messaging: WebSphere MQ for Windows NT, AIX(R), AS/400(R), HP-UX, Sun Solaris, and other platforms
- Host messaging: WebSphere MQ for OS/390(R)
- Workstation messaging: WebSphere MQ for Windows
- Pervasive messaging: WebSphere MQ Everyplace
- WebSphere MQ
- refers to the following three WebSphere MQ Messaging product groups:
- Distributed messaging
- Host messaging
- Workstation messaging
- WebSphere MQ Everyplace
- Refers to the fourth WebSphere MQ Messaging product group, pervasive messaging.
- Device platform
- A small computer that is capable of running WebSphere MQ Everyplace only as a client
- Server platform
- A computer of any size that is capable of running WebSphere MQ Everyplace as a server or client
- Gateway
- A computer of any size running WebSphere MQ Everyplace programs that include the WebSphere MQ bridge function