G

General Parallel File System

A high-performance, shared-disk file system that provides fast data access to all nodes in a cluster of servers.

generated column

A column that is derived from an expression that involves one or more columns in the table.

governor

See [resource limit facility]

GPFS

See [General Parallel File System]

grant

To give a privilege or authority to an authorization identifier.

graphic character

A DBCS character.

graphic string

A sequence of DBCS characters.

grid computing

A type of distributed computing that collects and shares resources in a large network to simulate one large, virtual computer.

group

(1) A logical organization of users that have IDs according to activity or resource access authority.

(2) In a satellite environment, a collection of satellites that share characteristics such as database configuration and the application that runs on the satellite.