• IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) -- The license position is calculated based on cores, sockets and processor type.

• Oracle Named User Plus and Oracle Processor -- Oracle currently uses two license models for its data base software. Oracle Named User Plus is a user based license where named users can access multiple database instances on multiple servers. The Oracle Processor license is based on the type and number of processor cores in the server.

• Tiered device -- Licensing is tiered according to a processor or server type.

• Per processor -- Licensing is based on the number of processors running on each machine.

• Processor points -- This is a points-based license model that consumes different numbers of points according to the type of processors in the computers.