dedication

n 1: complete and wholehearted fidelity

2: a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated

to some goal or purpose

3: a message that makes a pledge [syn: {commitment}]

4: an inscription (as in a book or musical work) dedicating it

to someone or something

5: the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally)

to a course of action; "his long commitment to public

service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" [syn: {commitment},

{allegiance}, {loyalty}]

replication

Creating and maintaining a duplicate

copy of a database or file system on a different computer,

typically a {server}. The term usually implies the

intelligent copying of parts of the source database which have

changed since the last replication with the destination.

Replication may be one-way or two-way. Two-way replication is

much more complicated because of the possibility that a

replicated object may have been updated differently in the two

locations in which case some method is needed to reconcile the

different versions.

For example, {Lotus Notes} can automatically distribute

document databases across telecommunications networks. Notes

supports a wide range of network {protocols} including {X25}

and {Internet} {TCP/IP}.

Compare {mirror}. See also {rdist}.

(1997-12-12)