Tandem Failure Data System (TFDS) Manual

Glossary
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cold load
cold load. A synonym for system load or load (in the case of single processor load). System
load or load is the preferred term in HP NonStop™ system publications.
command file. An EDIT file that contains a series of commands and serves as a source of
command input.
console message. See operator message.
DEFINE. An HP Tandem Advanced Command Language (TACL) command you can use to
specify a named set of attributes and values to pass to a process.
DEFINES paragraph. An optional paragraph in the CONFTEXT configuration file that
contains one or more identifiers, each with its associated text string. The DEFINES
paragraph, if used, precedes the ALLPROCESSORS paragraph.
disk volume. See volume.
Distributed Systems Management/Software Configuration Manager (DSM/SCM). A
graphical user interface (GUI)-based program that installs new software and creates a
new HP NonStop™ operating system. DSM/SCM creates a new software revision and
activates the new software on the target system.
DLL. See dynamic-link library (DLL).
DMR. Dual-Modular Redundancy. Having two active NSBEs per logical processor. Also
called duplex.
DSM/SCM. See Distributed Systems Management/Software Configuration Manager
(DSM/SCM).
dual-modular redundancy (DMR). See DMR.
duplex. see DMR.
dynamic-link library (DLL). A collection of procedures whose code and data can be loaded
and executed at any virtual memory address, with run-time resolution of links to and
from the main program and other independent libraries. The same DLL can be used by
more than one process. Each process gets its own copy of DLL static data. See also
triple-modular redundancy (TMR).
EDIT file. In the Guardian file system, an unstructured file with file code 101. An EDIT file
can be processed by either the EDIT or PS Text Edit (TEDIT) editor. An EDIT file
typically contains source program or script code, documentation, or program output.
Open System Services (OSS) functions can open an EDIT file only for reading.
essential firmware. Code in memory that is necessary for power-up initialization and
communication with a host or device. Contrast with nonessential firmware.