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

Glossary
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TAL
TAL. See Transaction Application Language (TAL).
Tandem Advanced Command Language (TACL). The user interface to the Tandem
NonStop Kernel in the Guardian environment. The TACL product is both a command
interpreter and a command language.
Tandem Alliance. Tandem’s marketing and technical support program for third-party
vendors, which encourages the development of application software for the Pathway
environment. The Alliance attracts software developers, value-added resellers, and
other vendors who can provide industry-specific and general business applications for
Tandem customers.
Tandem NonStop Kernel. The operating system for Tandem NonStop systems. The
operating system does not include any application program interfaces.
Tandem NonStop Series (TNS). Tandem computers that support the Tandem NonStop
Kernel and that are based on complex instruction-set computing (CISC) technology.
TNS processors implement the TNS instruction set. See also complex instruction-set
computing (CISC) and Tandem NonStop Series/RISC (TNS/R).
Tandem NonStop Series/RISC (TNS/R). Tandem computers that support the Tandem
NonStop Kernel and that are based on reduced instruction-set computing (RISC)
technology. TNS/R processors implement the RISC instruction set and are upwardly
compatible with the TNS system-level architecture. See also reduced instruction-set
computing (RISC) and Tandem NonStop Series (TNS).
task. The sequence of SCREEN COBOL program units that are executed as a result of a
PATHCOM START TERM or RUN PROGRAM command or an SPI START TERM or
START PROG command.
TCLPROG file. A SCREEN COBOL object library file.
TCP. See terminal control process (TCP).
TDA. See terminal data area (TDA).
TEDIT. A Tandem text editor used to create or modify a source text file. Also called PS Text
Edit.
tell message. An informational message sent by PATHCOM or a management application
to one or more terminals controlled by a SCREEN COBOL program, to be displayed
for the terminal operators.
TELL object. A temporary object used in PATHCOM and SPI commands to define a tell
message.
temporary TERM object. A TERM object created by the PATHMON process when a
PATHCOM RUN PROGRAM command or an SPI START PROG command is issued.
Temporary TERM objects are deleted by the PATHMON process when application