THE WHATIS.COM WORD-OF-THE-DAY September 3, 2003 DIME ________________ SPONSORED BY: Microsoft
The Quick Guide to Windows Server 2003. Get the latest information on installation, new features and training. Click here! http://WhatIs.com/r/0,,17780,00.htm?microsoft ________________ TODAY'S WORD: DIME See our complete definition with hyperlinks at http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci921975,00.html DIME (Direct Internet Message Encapsulation) is a communications specification that defines a format for attaching files to Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages between application programs over the Internet. The specification was originally submitted by Microsoft and IBM. DIME is similar to but somewhat simpler than the Internet's Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) protocol. The attached or encapsulated files in a DIME message are defined by application and are called payloads. A single message can contain payloads having multiple applications. For example, an image file, a text file, a program, and an audio file can be attached to a single e-mail message. DIME messages can be nested. That is, a payload can itself be a DIME message. The contents of DIME messages are defined by records. Each record specifies the payload size in bytes, the payload content type, and other information. Large payloads can be broken down into smaller payloads, each with their own individual record, if necessary to accommodate the buffer capacity at the source and/or destination. ______________________ RELATED TERMS: Simple Object Access Protocol http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci214295,00.html Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci212576,00.html buffer http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci211713,00.html ______________________ SELECTED LINKS: IBM Developer Works provides the DIME specification. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-dime/ Microsoft Journal for Developers describes how DIME works. http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/12/DIME/ SearchWebServices.com offers links to further information. http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/search/1,293876,sid26,00.html?filter=on&query=DIME&ctype=ALL&anum=&within=text ______________________ TODAY'S TECH NEWS: MAINFRAME STILL KING OF DATA CENTER, BUT THE JOB IS CHANGING As the industry evolves, the mainframe will remain king of the data center. However, what it rules and how it rules will change dramatically. http://search390.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid10_gci921843,00.html SHIPMENTS OF WINDOWS SERVERS RISE, IDC SAYS Shipments of servers loaded with the Windows operating system grew more than shipments of any other server-and-software combination last year, new research shows. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci921995,00.html COGNOS TO TAKE WRAPS OFF LONG-AWAITED REPORTNET Cognos' CEO is so confident of the success of his new reporting application that he's vowing to conduct his next earnings call naked if ReportNet doesn't deliver. http://searchcrm.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid11_gci922011,00.html >> Catch up on all the latest IT news at http://searchtechtarget.techtarget.com/ ______________________ September IT Horoscopes | Horoscopes for geeks (NEW!) See what the future holds for the month of September. ;-) http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci919205,00.html ______________________ Secret Word-of-the-Day | What is IT? HINT: This is a denial of service (DoS) attack caused by an attacker deliberately sending an IP packet larger than the 65,536 bytes allowed by the IP protocol. >> See if you're right! http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci822096,00.html _____________________ Quiz #28 | Ethernet How much do you know about Ethernet? Take this week's quiz and find out! >> Click to take the quiz http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci834253,00.html ______________________________ RECENT ADDITIONS AND UPDATES [1] Nagle's algorithm http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci754347,00.html [2] strawman http://searchcrm.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid11_gci840566,00.html [3] refactoring http://searchcio.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid19_gci919168,00.html [4] initial extent http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid13_gci916333,00.html [5] IT Crossword Puzzle: Malware http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci916579,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::::: WHATIS.COM CONTACTS ::::::::::::::::::: LOWELL THING, Site Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ____________________________________________________________________ MARGARET ROUSE, Associate Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IVY WIGMORE, Assistant Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ::::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER :::::::::::::::::::::: This newsletter is published by TechTarget, the most targeted IT media. http://www.techtarget.com Copyright 2003 TechTarget. 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