pTAL Reference Manual (H06.08+)

Glossary
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misaligned
misaligned. In TNS mode and TNS 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 that contains source files written in different HP
programming languages.
move statement. A statement that copies a group of elements from one location to another.
multidimensional array. A structure that contains nested substructures.
NAME declaration. A declaration that associates an identifier with a compilation unit (and
with its private global data block if any).
named data block. A BLOCK declaration that specifies a data-block identifier. The global
data declared within the BLOCK declaration is accessible to all compilation units in the
program. Compare to private data block.
Native Inspect. The HP interactive symbolic debugging tool for TNS/E programs. Compare
to Visual Inspect.
native mode. The operational environment in which Itanium and native-compiled RISC
instructions execute. Compare to TNS accelerated mode and TNS mode.
native object file. TNS/R or TNS/E object file.
nonexecutable object file. See linkfile.
NonStop Series architecture. See TNS architecture.
NonStop Series/Itanium architecture. See TNS/E architecture.
NonStop Series/RISC architecture. See TNS/R architecture.
object file. A file, generated by a compiler or binder, that contains machine instructions and
other information needed to construct the executable code spaces and initial data for a
process. The file can be a complete program ready for execution, or it can be
incomplete and require binding with other object files before execution. Compare to
source file.
offset. Represents, when used in place of an index, the distance in bytes of an item from
either the location of a direct variable or the location of the pointer of an indirect
variable, not from the location of the data to which the pointer points.
operand. A value that appears in an expression. An operand can be a constant, a variable
identifier, a LITERAL identifier, or a routine call.
operator. A symbol—such as an arithmetic or conditional operator—that performs a specific
operation on operands.
parameter. An argument that can be passed between procedures or subprocedures.