depiction

n 1: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the

narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the

author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"

[syn: {word picture}, {word-painting}, {delineation}, {picture},

{characterization}]

2: a representation by picture or portraiture [syn: {depicting},

{portraying}, {portrayal}]

3: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [syn: {delineation},

{limning}, {line drawing}]

4: representation by drawing or painting etc [syn: {delineation},

{portrayal}]

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)