Native Inspect Manual (H06.03+)

Glossary
G-Series Common Glossary
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native
native. An adjective that can modify object code, object file, loadfile, process, procedure,
and mode of process execution. Native object files contain native object code, which
directly uses the processor's instruction set and the corresponding conventions for
register handling and procedure calls. Native processes are those created by
executing native object files. Native procedures are units of native object code. Native
mode execution is the state of the process when it is executing native procedures.
Native Inspect. The system default debugger on TNS/E systems. A command-line symbolic
debugger that runs on the TNS/E host system and can be used to debug TNS/E native
processes and snapshots.
ordinary dynamic-link library (ordinary DLL). A dynamic-link library (DLL) or shared
run-time library (SRL) that is not public. The code file is found at run time and can be
provided by the user. Contrast with public dynamic-link library (public DLL).
process ID. In the Guardian environment, the content of a 4-integer array that uniquely
identifies a process during the lifetime of the process.
program file. An executable object code file containing a program’s main routine plus
related routines statically linked together and combined into the same object file. Other
routines shared with other programs might be located in separately loaded libraries. A
program file can be named on a RUN command; other code files cannot. See also
loadfile.
public dynamic-link library (public DLL). Optional native-mode executable code modules
available to all native user processes. A public library that is specified in the public
library registry, supplied by HP or, optionally, a user. Contrast with ordinary
dynamic-link library (ordinary DLL).
release version update (RVU). A collection of compatible revisions of HP NonStop
operating system software products, identified by an RVU ID, and shipped and
supported as a unit. An RVU consists of the object modules, supporting files, and
documentation for the product revisions. An RVU also includes a set of documentation
for the overall RVU.
RVU. See release version update (RVU).
saveabend file. A file containing dump information needed by the system debugging tool on
a TNS or TNS/R system. In UNIX systems, such files are usually called core files or
core dump files. A saveabend file is a special case of a save file. See also save file
and snapshot.
save file. A file created through the Native Inspect, Inspect, or Debug products. A save file
contains enough information about a running process at a given time to restart the
process at the same point in its execution. A save file contains an image of the
process, data for the process, and the status of the process at the time the save file
was created. See also snapshot.