H-Series Application Migration Guide (H06.03+)

Glossary
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TNS shared run-time library (TNS SRL)
not, with automatic switching between accelerated and interpreted modes on calls and
returns between those parts. Contrast with TNS/R native process and TNS/E native
process.
TNS shared run-time library (TNS SRL). An SRL available to a TNS process in the OSS
environment on TNS/R systems. A TNS process can have only one TNS SRL. A TNS
SRL is implemented as a special user library that allows shared global data.
TNS user library. A user library available to TNS processes in the Guardian environment.
See also user library.
TNS/E. Refers to fault-tolerant HP computers that support the HP NonStop™ operating
system and are based on the Intel® Itanium® processor. TNS/E systems run the
Itanium instruction set and can run TNS object files by interpretation or after
acceleration. TNS/E systems include all HP NonStop™ systems that use NSE-x
processors. Contrast with TNS and TNS/R.
TNS/E native C compiler. The C compiler that generates TNS/E object files. Compare to
TNS C compiler and TNS/R native C compiler.
TNS/E native COBOL compiler. The COBOL compiler that generates TNS/E object files.
Compare to TNS COBOL compiler and TNS/R native COBOL compiler.
TNS/E native mode. The primary execution environment on a TNS/E system, in which
native-compiled Itanium object code executes, following TNS/E native-mode compiler
conventions for data locations, addressing, stack frames, registers, and call linkage.
Contrast with TNS interpreted mode and TNS accelerated mode. See also TNS/R
native mode.
TNS/E native object code. The Intel® Itanium® instructions that result from processing
program source code with a TNS/E native compiler. TNS/E native object code
executes only on TNS/E systems, not on TNS systems or TNS/R systems.
TNS/E native object file. An object file created by a TNS/E native compiler that contains
Intel® Itanium® instructions and other information needed to construct the code
spaces and the initial data for a TNS/E native process.
TNS/E native process. A process initiated by executing a TNS/E native object file. Contrast
with TNS process and TNS/R native process.
TNS/E native user library. A user library available to TNS/E native processes in the
Guardian and OSS environments. A TNS/E native user library is implemented as a
dynamic-link library (DLL).
TNS/E pTAL compiler. An optimizing native-mode compiler for the TNS/E pTAL language.
Compare to TNS/R pTAL compiler and TAL compiler.
TNS/R. Refers to fault-tolerant HP computers that support the HP NonStop™ operating
system and are based on 32-bit reduced instruction-set computing (RISC) technology.