| check in | The act of releasing the license for a product. |
| check out | The act of requesting a license for a product. |
| client | The computer that the licensed software runs on. |
| ISV | Independent Software Vendor, i.e., Microchip. |
| license | The right to use a product, incorporated into a short text
description. Referred to by the product name. |
| license manager | A software component that keeps track of the right to use a software
product. This is the xclm executable. |
| license server | Part of the license manager that controls access to licenses. The
License Server is an optional component, only required when network
licenses are used. |
| network (license) | A license on a network; in other words, one which can be used by
anyone who can access the license server. |
| product | The software that is licensed. XC compilers, etc. |
| product name | The name used by the product to request its license. |
| roam in | The act of returning a roamed out license to the license
server. |
| roam out | The act of removing a license from the license server so that it will
reside on a client, allowing the client to be used when it does not have
access to the license server. |
| virtual machine | A virtual machine is the virtualization/emulation of a computer
system. Virtual machines are based on computer architectures and provide
functionality of a physical computer. Their implementations may involve
specialized hardware, software, or a combination. |
| workstation (license) | A license which can be used only on a particular specified
computer. |
