NonStop Server for Java 7.0 Programmer's Reference

Shell The command interpreter used to pass commands to an operating system; the part of the operating
system that is an interface to the outside world.
SIP See Scalable TCP/IP (SIP).
Skeleton In RMI, the complement of the stub. Together, skeletons and stubs form the interface between the
RMI services and the code that calls and implements remote objects.
Socket A logical connection between two application programs across a TCP/IP network.
SQL/MP See HP NonStop SQL/MP.
SQL/MX See HP NonStop SQL/MX.
SQLJ Also referred to SQLJ Part 0 the "Database Language SQL—Part 10: Object Language Bindings
(SQL/OLB) part of the ANSI SQL-2002 standard that allows static SQL statements to be embedded
directly in a Java program.
Standard Extension
API
An API outside the Core Packages for which Oracle has defined and published an API standard.
Some of the Standard Extensions might migrate in the Core Packages. Examples of standard
extensions are servlets and JTS.
Stored Procedure A procedure registered with NonStop SQL/MX and invoked by NonStop SQL/MX during execution
of a CALL statement. Stored procedures are especially important for client/server database systems
because storing the procedure on the server side means that it is available to all clients. And
when the procedure is modified, all clients automatically get the new version.
Stored Procedure
in Java (SPJ)
A stored procedure whose body is a static Java method.
Stub A dummy procedure used when linking a program with a runtime library. The stub need not
contain any code. Its only purpose is to prevent "undefined label" errors at link time.
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2. A local procedure in a remote procedure call (RPC). A client calls the stub to perform a task,
not necessarily aware that the RPC is involved. The stub transmits parameters over the network
to the server and returns results to the caller.
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TACL See HP Tandem Advanced Command Language (TACL).
TCP/IP See Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
Technical
Documentation
HP's Technical documentation is found at docs.hp.com.
Thread A task that is separately dispatched and that represents a sequential flow of control within a
process.
threads The nonnative thread package that is shipped with Oracle Java SE 7.0.
throw Java keyword used to raise an exception.
throws Java keyword used to define the exceptions that a method can raise.
TMF See HP NonStop Transaction Management Facility (TMF)
TNS/E The hardware platform based on the Intel® Itanium® architecture and the HP NonStop operating
system, and the software specific to that platform. All code is PIC (position independent code).
TNS/R The hardware platform based on the MIPS™ architecture and the HP NonStop operating system,
and the software specific to that platform. Code might be PIC (position independent code) or
non-PIC.
Transaction A user-defined action that a client program (usually running on a workstation) requests from a
server.
Transaction
Management
Facility (TMF)
A set of HP software products for NonStop systems that assures database integrity by preventing
incomplete updates to a database. It can continuously save the changes that are made to a
database (in real time) and back out these changes when necessary. It can also take online
"snapshot" backups of the database and restore the database from these backups.
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