ClearCase Glossary

A - C

D - I

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	Delivery operation
	Derived object (DO)
	Development stream
	DO
	Dynamic view
	Eclipsed
	Element
	Element type
	Environment
	Extended namespace
	Foundation baseline
	Hijacked file
	History
	Installation

A glossary of terms for IBM Rational ClearCase use and administration.

This glossary includes terms and definitions for IBM Rational ClearCase.

The following cross-references are used in this glossary:

• See refers the reader from a term to a preferred synonym, or from an acronym or abbreviation to the defined full form.
• See also refers the reader to a related or contrasting term.

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A ClearCase operation in which developers merge the work from their own development streams to the project's integration stream or to a feature-specific development stream. If required, the deliver operation invokes the Merge Manager to merge versions.

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A type of output created by a ClearCase build in a dynamic view.

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An object that determines which versions of elements appear in a development view and maintains a list of a developer's activities. The development stream configures the development view to select the versions associated with the foundation baselines plus any activities and versions that developers create after they join the project or rebase their development stream.

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See derived object.

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A view that uses a network file system to access versions of elements.

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Pertaining to an object in a versioned object base (VOB) that is not visible because another object with the same name is currently selected by the view.

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An object that encompasses a set of versions, organized into a version tree.

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A property of an element that specifies how versions of that element are constructed.

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A specific instance of a configuration of hardware and software.

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An extension of the standard Windows or UNIX file system that allows access to versions of elements.

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A baseline that configures a stream. Foundation baselines specify the versions and activities that appear in a view.

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A version of an element in a snapshot view or a Web view that is modified but not checked out.

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Metadata in a versioned object base (VOB) that consists of event records for objects in that VOB.

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The process of adding a hardware or software component to a computing environment.

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