Tandem Failure Data System (TFDS) Manual

Glossary
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NonStop™ NS-series servers
NonStop™ NS-series servers. See HP Integrity NonStop™ NS-series servers.
NonStop™ Series TNS/E. See TNS/E.
NonStop Technical Library. See HP NonStop™ Technical Library (NTL).
NSAA. See HP NonStop™ advanced architecture (NSAA).
NSBC. See NonStop™ Blade Complex (NSBC).
NSBE. See NonStop™ Blade Element (NSBE)
NSE-A processor. See HP NonStop™ System EPIC Model A processor (NSE-A
processor).
object code file. A file containing compiled machine instructions for one or more routines.
This file can be an executable loadfile for a program or library or a not-yet-executable
linkfile for some program module. On other systems, an object code file is also known
as a binary or as an executable.
Open System Services (OSS). An open system environment available for interactive or
programmatic use with the HP NonStop™ operating system. Processes that run in the
OSS environment usually use the OSS application program interface. Interactive users
of the OSS environment usually use the OSS shell for their command interpreter.
Synonymous with Open System Services (OSS) environment. Contrast with Guardian.
Open System Services (OSS) environment. The HP NonStop™ Open System Services
(OSS) application program interface (API), tools, and utilities.
Open System Services (OSS) Monitor. A Guardian utility that accepts commands affecting
OSS objects through an interactive Guardian interface named the Subsystem Control
Facility (SCF).
operator. (1) A symbol, such as an arithmetic or conditional operator, that performs a
specific operation on operands. (2) In Network Control Language (NCL), a lexical
element used for working on terms in expressions. The five types of operators are
parenthetical, arithmetic, Boolean, relational, and string. (3) For an HP NonStop™
server, the person or program responsible for day-to-day monitoring and maintenance
tasks associated with the HP NonStop operating system and the hardware of a
NonStop node. The operator issues commands to subsystems; retrieves, examines,
and responds to event messages; or does any combination of those things. See also
local operator.
operator message. A message, intended for an operator, that describes a significant event
on an HP NonStop™ server. An operator message is the displayed-text form of an
Event Management Service (EMS) event message.
OSM. See HP NonStop™ Open System Management (OSM) Interface.