NonStop Server for Java 6.0 Programmer's Reference

HP NonStop
Transaction
Management
Facility (TMF)
An HP product that provides transaction protection, database consistency, and database recovery.
SQL statements issued through a JDBC driver against a NonStop SQL database call procedures
in the TMF subsystem.
HP NonStop
TS/MP (TS/MP)
An HP product that supports the creation of Pathway servers to access NonStop SQL/MP or
Enscribe databases in an online transaction processing (OLTP) environment.
HP Tandem
Advanced
Command
Language (TACL)
The command interpreter for the operating system, which also functions as a programming
language, allowing users to define aliases, macros, and function keys.
HTML See Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
HTTP See Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
hyperlink A reference (link) from a point in one hypertext document to a point in another document or
another point in the same document. A browser usually displays a hyperlink in a different color,
font, or style. When the user activates the link (usually by clicking on it with the mouse), the
browser displays the target of the link.
hypertext A collection of documents ( nodes ) containing cross-references or links that, with the aid of an
interactive browser, allow a reader to move easily from one document to another.
Hypertext Mark-up
Language (HTML)
A hypertext document format used on the World Wide Web.
Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP)
The client - server TCP/IP protocol used on the World Wide Web for the exchange of HTML
documents.
I
IEC See International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
IEEE Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).
inlining Replacing a method call with the code for the called method, eliminating the call.
interactive Question-and-answer exchange between a user and a computer system.
interface In general, the point of communication or interconnection between one person, program, or
device and another, or a set of rules for that interaction. See also API .
International
Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC)
A standardization body at the same level as ISO.
International
Organization for
Standardization
(ISO)
A voluntary, nontreaty organization founded in 1946, responsible for creating international
standards in many areas, including computers and communications. Its members are the national
standards organizations of 89 countries, including ANSI.
Internet The network of many thousands of interconnected networks that use the TCP/IP networking
communications protocol . It provides e-mail, file transfer, news, remote login, and access to
thousands of databases. The Internet includes three kinds of networks:
• High-speed backbone networks such as NSFNET and MILNET
• Mid-level networks such as corporate and university networks
• Stub networks such as individual LANs
Internet Protocol
version 6 (IPv6)
IP specifies the format of packets and the addressing scheme. The current version of IP is IPv4.
IPv6 is a new version of IP designed to allow the Internet to grow steadily, both in terms of number
of hosts connected and the total amount of data traffic transmitted. (IP is pronounced eye-pea)
interoperability The ability to communicate, execute programs, or transfer data between dissimilar
environments, including among systems from multiple vendors or with multiple versions of
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