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