Typographical Conventions and Terminology

This indicates that the information is applicable to the new license entitlement system. User credentials are a type of license activation type where a user name and password are entered after installation and when Thermo-Calc is first launched. The information is managed via an online portal system as well as from within Thermo-Calc.

This indicates details related to the Thermo‑Calc license file, which contains the license keys and is installed on either a standalone computer or a network server. This is a license activation type that is being replaced by user credentials.

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A computer without a license file of its own but connected through the network to a computer with the license information. The client receives a license token from the computer where the license management software is installed.

A type of network installation where the Thermo‑Calc software and a Thermo‑Calc licensing software are installed on a single server computer. This allows all computers in the network to access both the software and a license on the server via a client installation.

A type of network installation where the Thermo‑Calc software is installed on one server computer in a network and the Thermo‑Calc licensing software is installed on a different computer. After a thin client installation, all computers in the network can access both the software and the network license key via the server.

The MAC address on the computer that a license is locked to.

The file (called lservrc) that contains all the purchased license keys. It is issued by Thermo‑Calc Software, usually by email. This is a license activation type that is being replaced by user credentials.

The information contained in the license file that represents the products purchased and which is then authorized for installation.

The Thermo‑Calc license management software. When working in Windows it is called License Manager (full name is Sentinel RMS License Manager by SafeNet) and on Linux it is called License Server (full name is Sentinel License Sever by Safenet).

The use of the term license server (lower case letters) is reserved for use for scripts and option files (for example, in an Unattended or Silent Network Client Installations (License File)). For the purposes of the step-by-step instructions it is not used to refer to the type of network installation that runs the license management program. See Sentinel RMS Software below.

A license type available and activated using user credentials. A NWL can only be used on one specific computer that hosts the licensing software. It is still referred to as an NWL license but is different than the one used with license file activations.

The software may be used on the number of sites you have paid for and by the number of persons you have paid for on any number of network connected computers.

The license type used with the Sentinel RMS licensing software. The NWL can only be used on one specific computer that hosts the licensing software. This restricts license usage to a certain subnet or subnets.

The software may be used on the number of sites you have paid for and by the number of persons you have paid for on any number of network connected computers.

The operating system is named when the information is specific to a Windows, macOS, or Linux machine.

The Thermo‑Calc license management software that supplies the client computers in your network with license tokens when it runs the Thermo‑Calc software. This is available for both Windows (called the License Manager) and Linux (called the License Server, but not to be confused with license server in lower case letters reserved for scripts).

A unique license that can be used for one designated computer at one designated site. It cannot be copied or moved outside the site. If the software is installed on a portable computer, it can be temporarily used off-site.

For license file activation types, a file is automatically installed on the computer, upon activation, and the license can be used without network access (to the License Server).

A computer which uses a SUNLL license type.

The short name for the TC-Toolbox for MATLAB® SDK.

An installation where the software is installed on a file server but is run from a client computer. The licensing software may be installed on the file server (consolidated network installation) or on a different computer (distributed network installation).

A type of license activation type where user credentials (a user name and password) are entered after installation and when Thermo-Calc is first launched. The information is managed via an online portal system as well as from within Thermo-Calc.

An open-source X Windows System, which is required to run Thermo‑Calc on a Mac.