TS/MP 2.5 Pathsend and Server Programming Manual

nondedicated
device
A term formerly used for a terminal or other input/output device on which a Pathway application
could be started from PATHCOM with a RUN PROGRAM command. The RUN PROGRAM
command results in the creation of a temporary TERM object to control the terminal. (No new
term replaces this term; instead, the manual text now refers to such devices as those associated
with temporary TERM objects.) See also dedicated device and temporary TERM object.
noninteractive
mode
An operating mode in which commands are entered through a command file.
NonStop Kernel See NonStop Kernel.
NonStop Kernel The operating system for NonStop systems. The operating system does not include any application
program interfaces.
NonStop
processing
On NonStop systems, processing characterized by continued operation even when a component
fails, when equipment is being repaired or replaced, or while new processors or peripheral
devices are being added to the system. In the Guardian environment, NonStop processing is
provided by means of fault tolerance and process pairs.
NonStop SQL/MP The HP relational database management system that promotes efficient online access to large
distributed databases. See also Structured Query Language (SQL) and Enscribe database record
manager.
NonStop Tuxedo
application
The collection of machines, servers and services, and System/T components defined by a single
configuration file in the NonStop Tuxedo environment. See also NonStop Tuxedo transaction
processing environment and Pathway application.
NonStop Tuxedo
environment
See NonStop Tuxedo transaction processing environment.
NonStop Tuxedo
native client
See native System/T client.
NonStop Tuxedo
server
A server process or program managed by the NonStop Tuxedo system administrative facilities.
See also Pathway server.
NonStop Tuxedo
system
HP’s implementation of the BEA Systems, Inc., Tuxedo enterprise transaction processing system.
Major features of the NonStop Tuxedo implementation include the use of the NonStop core
services (NonStop Kernel, TS/MP, and TMF) to provide the NonStop fundamentals (scalability,
availability, and manageability) for NonStop Tuxedo applications. The NonStop Tuxedo system
runs in the OSS operating environment on NonStop systems. See also OSS environment.
NonStop Tuxedo
transaction
processing
environment
An environment that provides the API and transaction monitor functions of the BEA Systems, Inc.,
Tuxedo transaction processing system in addition to the benefits provided by the NonStop core
services: NonStop Kernel, TS/MP, and TMF. See also Pathway transaction processing environment.
OBEY command A command in a NonStop interactive interface, such as PATHCOM or the SCREEN COBOL Utility
Program (SCUP), that allows users to execute the commands in a command file. See also command
file.
object An entity that is subject to independent reference or control by one or more subsystems. Examples
of objects are devices, communications lines, processes, and files. In the PATHMON environment,
the types of objects referred to or controlled by PATHCOM are PATHMON, PATHWAY, ACS
Subsystem, SERVER, TCP, TERM, PROGRAM, and TELL. The PATHWAY object, used with the SET
PATHWAY and STATUS PATHWAY commands, refers to an entire PATHMON environment. The
ACS Subsystem object is only referred to, not controlled, by PATHCOM: that is, users can use
PATHCOM to obtain information about ACS Subsystem processes but cannot use it to make any
changes in the configuration or state of those processes. See also PATHMON environment.
object attributes See attributes.
object file A file generated by a compiler, linker, 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 that is ready for immediate execution, or it can be incomplete
and require linking with other object files before execution. Compilers for languages such as
COBOL85 produce object code. See also pseudocode file.
object type In the Subsystem Programmatic Interface (SPI) or in an interactive interface such as PATHCOM,
a category of objects to which a specific object belongs. Object types for PATHCOM include
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