TS/MP System Management Manual (H06.05+, J06.03+)

Glossary
HP NonStop TS/MP System Management Manual—541819-007
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command terminal
command terminal. A terminal at which a system manager or operator enters commands
for configuration and management, such as the PATHCOM commands that configure
and manage a PATHMON environment. See also application terminal.
complex instruction-set computing (CISC). A processor architecture based on a large
instruction set, characterized by numerous addressing modes, multicycle machine
instructions, and many special-purpose instructions. See also reduced instruction-set
computing (RISC).
configuration. The definition or alteration of characteristics of an object. See also object.
configuration subscriber (CS). A process that executes in each processor within a system
and publishes critical ACS subsystem configuration information to the other ACS
subsystem processes.
configured TERM object. A TERM object that is explicitly configured with an ADD TERM
command. Such a TERM object exists until it is explicitly deleted. Names of configured
TERM objects begin with a letter. See also temporary TERM object and TERM object.
consistency. See database consistency.
context. Information required by a server to process the current request in an exchange of
multiple request and reply messages: for example, identification of the last item
processed. See also context-free server and terminal context.
context-free server. A server that does not retain any information about the processing of
previous requests. A context-free server accepts a single message from a requester,
performs the requested tasks, and issues a single reply to respond to the requester.
After the reply message is issued, the server retains no information, or context, that
can be used in subsequent requests. Pathway servers must be context-free. A context-
free server is analogous to a NonStop TUXEDO request/response server. Tandem
subsystems are context-free servers; therefore, management applications using the
Subsystem Programmatic Interface (SPI) to communicate with Tandem subsystems
must pass back context information in continuation requests. See also context and
Subsystem Programmatic Interface (SPI).
conversational mode. A terminal operating mode in which data is read from the terminal
and displayed on the terminal screen one line at a time. See also block mode and
intelligent mode.
cool start. The operation that restarts a PATHMON environment, using the information in an
existing PATHMON configuration file (PATHCTL file). The PATHMON environment
must have been previously started with a cold start operation. See also cold start.
Crossref cross-reference generator. A Tandem software tool that produces a cross-
referenced listing of selected identifiers—such as data variables, statement labels, or
subprograms—in an application program.