COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.03+)

Glossary
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main program
main program. The first program to execute when a run unit is run. The main program
determines the run-time environment for a program.
man page. See reference page.
map. A tabular representation of the elements of a program.
merge file. A collection of records for a process to merge during execution of a MERGE
statement; a file declared in the sort-merge file description entry, and created and used
only by the merge function.
migrate. To take a source program that was compiled with one compiler and recompile it
with another compiler so that the resulting object program runs on another platform.
MIPS RISC instructions. Register-oriented 32-bit machine instructions in the MIPS-1 RISC
instruction set that are native to and directly executed on TNS/R systems. MIPS RISC
instructions do not execute on TNS systems and TNS/E systems. Compare to TNS
instructions and Intel® Itanium® instructions.
Accelerator-generated MIPS RISC instructions are produced by accelerating TNS
object code. Native-compiled MIPS RISC instructions are produced by compiling
source code with a TNS/R native compiler.
misaligned. In TNS mode and accelerated mode, an erroneous address that is odd-byte
aligned. In native mode, an inefficient address that is not aligned.
mixed-language program. A program made up of routines compiled from more than one
programming language. A program with HP C routines and TAL routines is an example
of a mixed-language program.
mnemonic-name. A user-defined word you associate with an implementor name in the
SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph of the Environment Division and use elsewhere in the
program to refer to the implementor name.
native character set. The ASCII character set.
native link editor. See nld utility.
native mode. TNS/R native mode or TNS/E native mode.
native object code. TNS/R native object code or TNS/E native object code.
native object file. TNS/R native object file or TNS/E native object file.
native object file tool. See noft utility.
native PIC linker. See ld utility.
native process. A TNS/R native process or TNS/E native process.