NonStop Server for Java 7.0 Programmer's Reference

K-M
Key A value used to identify a record in a database, derived by applying a fixed function to the
record. The key is often simply one of the fields (a column if the database is considered as
1.
a table with records being rows). Alternatively, the key can be obtained by applying a
function to one or more of the fields.
2. A value that must be fed in the algorithm used to decode an encrypted message to reproduce
the original plain text. Some encryption schemes use the same (secret) key to encrypt and
decrypt a message, but public key encryption uses a private (secret) key and a public key
that is known by all parties.
LAN See local area network (LAN).
Local Area
Network (LAN)
A data communications network that is geographically limited (typically to a radius of 1 kilometer),
allowing easy interconnection of terminals, microprocessors, and computers within adjacent
buildings. Ethernet is an example of a LAN.
Macro A sequence of commands that can contain dummy arguments. When the macro runs, actual
parameters are substituted for the dummy arguments.
N
Native In the context of Java programming, something written in a language other than Java (such as C
or C++ ) for a specific platform.
Native Method A non-Java routine (written in a language such as C or C++) that is called by a Java class.
native2ascii The Native-to-ASCII converter, which converts a file with native-encoded characters in one with
Unicode-encoded characters. Also, the command to run the Native-to-ASCII converter.
Node An addressable device attached to a computer network.1.
2. A hypertext document.
NonStop Server for
Java 7.0 (NSJ7)
The informal name for the NonStop Server for Java products based on the Java Platform Standard
Edition 7.0 product. This product is a Java environment that supports compact, concurrent,
dynamic, and portable programs for the enterprise server.
NonStop Technical
Library
The browser-based interface to NonStop computing technical information. NonStop Technical
Library replaces HP Total Information Manager (TIM).
NSJ7 JDK containing both 32–bit and 64–bit NSJ based on Oracle JDK 7.0.
nsjps NonStop Java Virtual Machine Process Status tool. For more information, see HP NonStop for
Java 7.0 Tools Reference Pages.
NSK See HP NonStop operating system.
NSKCOM A program management tool for swap space.
O
Object
Management
Group (OMG)
The standards body that defined CORBA.
Object
Serialization
Oracle procedure that extends the core Java Input/Output classes with support for objects by
supporting the following:
• The encoding of objects, and the objects reachable from them, in a stream of bytes.
• The complementary reconstruction of the object graph from the stream.
Object Serialization is used for lightweight persistence and for communication by means of
sockets or RMI. The default encoding of objects protects private and transient data, and supports
the evolution of the classes. A class can implement its own external encoding and is then solely
responsible for the external format.
Object Transaction
Service (OTS)
The transaction service standard adopted by the OMG and used as the model for JTS.
ODBC See Open Database Connectivity (ODBC).
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