TS/MP Pathsend and Server Programming Manual (H06.05+, J06.03+)

HP NonStop
Remote Server
Call/MP (RSC/MP)
An HP software product that facilitates client/server computing, allowing personal computer (PC)
or workstation applications running under Microsoft Windows software or the MS-DOS or OS/2
operating system to access Pathway server classes and Guardian processes. Transactions are
transmitted from the PC or workstation application (the client) to a Pathway application running
on a NonStop server by means of a supported communications protocol, such as NETBIOS,
TCP/IP, or an asynchronous connection.
HP NonStop
Transaction
Management
Facility (TMF)
subsystem
The major component of the TMF product, which protects databases in online transaction
processing environments. To furnish this service, the TMF subsystem manages database
transactions, keeps track of database activity through audit trails, and provides database recovery
methods. See also NonStop Transaction Manager/MP (NonStop TM/MP) and transaction.
HP NonStop
Transaction
Manager/MP
(NonStop TM/MP)
An HP software product that provides transaction management, transaction protection, and
database consistency in online transaction processing (OLTP) environments. It gives full protection
to transactions that access NonStop SQL/MP and Enscribe databases, as well as recovery
capabilities for transactions, online disk volumes, and entire databases. The component of NonStop
TM/MP that provides these features is the TMF subsystem. See also Transaction Management
Facility (TMF) subsystem.
HP NonStop
TS/MP
A HP product that provides process management and link management functions for OLTP
applications on NonStop systems. TS/MP consists of the PATHMON process, the LINKMON
process, the PATHCOM process and interface, and the Pathsend procedures. Together with TMF,
TS/MP forms the foundation for the open transaction processing services of HP, including those
provided by the RSC/MP and POET products and the NonStop Tuxedo system. See also
Pathway/iTS and NonStop Transaction Manager/MP (NonStop TM/MP).
HP Tandem
Advanced
Command
Language (TACL)
The user interface to the NonStop Kernel in the Guardian environment. The TACL product is both
a command interpreter and a command language.
I/O process In the Guardian environment, a system process to manage input/output devices. Applications
use the Guardian file system to send requests to I/O processes. See also file system.
IDS See intelligent device support (IDS) facility.
Inspect The HP debugging tool that can be used interactively to examine and modify the execution of
Guardian processes and SCREEN COBOL requester programs.
Inspect command
terminal
The terminal on which programmers enter commands to Inspect when debugging a SCREEN
COBOL program or a Pathway server.
intelligent device A device such as an automatic teller machine, a point-of-sale device, or a communications line,
or a process such as a Guardian process, that can communicate with the Pathway environment
through the intelligent device support (IDS) facility, the RSC/MP product, or the Pathsend procedure
calls.
intelligent device
support (IDS)
facility
A feature of the TCP that supports access to Pathway server classes by intelligent devices. This
facility allows SCREEN COBOL requester programs to interact with external processes that, in
turn, control devices such as personal computers, automated teller machines, and point-of-sale
devices.
intelligent mode An operating mode in which data and messages are sent between an intelligent device and the
Pathway environment. See also conversational mode (definition 1), intelligent device, and
message-oriented requester.
interactive mode An operating mode in which commands are entered from a terminal keyboard.
interoperability The ability to communicate, execute programs, or transfer data between dissimilar environments.
interoperate To communicate, execute programs, or transfer data between dissimilar environments.
interprocess
communication
(IPC) message
The unit of communication between requesters and servers. An IPC message consists of a request
message and a reply message.
IPC message See interprocess communication (IPC) message.
keyword A word in a command string or programming language that must be spelled and positioned in
a prescribed way, usually to indicate the meaning of an adjacent parameter.
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