Relevant Components of Globus
User (U)The person or agent on whose behalf the Globus computation is being run.
UserProxy (UP)A process (i.e. session manager) given permission to act on behalf of the user for a limited duration of time.
Process (P)A logical entity, created via the process management API which performs computation on a particular resource on behalf of a particular user.
Resource (R)A computer, file system, network or other other object that can be used as part of a computation.
ResourceProxy (RP)An agent (i.e. process or resource) that has permission to act on behalf of the resource.
- Examples of resource proxies include process managers and resource managers.