Availability Guide for Change Management

Glossary
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report writer
(the client) to a Pathway application running on a NonStop system (the server) using a
supported communications protocol.
report writer. The SQLCI component used to produce specially formatted reports from
queries.
requester server approach. An approach to application design that divides the tasks of data
input, data manipulation, and data output between two basic processes, requesters and
servers.
requesters. The programs that coordinate the data input function for an online transaction-
processing application (by displaying, checking, and accepting data), send input to
server programs, and process reply messages from servers.
SCREEN COBOL. A procedural language developed by Tandem and based on COBOL that
is used to define and control terminal displays.
SCREEN COBOL compiler. A SCREEN COBOL language compiler provided with
Pathway/TS. You use the compiler to read a user-written SCREEN COBOL source file
and create a SCREEN COBOL library directory and a SCREEN COBOL library code
file.
SCREEN COBOL Utility Program (SCUP). A utility, provided with Pathway/TS, that
allows control and manipulation of SCREEN COBOL object files.
SCUP. See SCREEN COBOL Utility Program (SCUP).
security management. Activities that provide support for establishing and maintaining
system security. One of the operations disciplines in the operations-management model.
server class. A grouping of duplicate copies of a single server program, all of which execute
the same object program.
servers. The programs that receive messages from requesters, perform specified operations
(for example, database inquiries, database updates, or numerical calculations), and
return reply messages to requesters.
site update tape (SUT). One or more tapes that contain each target system’s site-specific
subvolume and various products. Each product contains a softdoc and a complete set of
files. A full SUT contains the current release of the operating system and all product
software that has been ordered with it, including release documentation. A partial SUT
contains a subset of products for the current release of the operating system.
SNA. See Systems Network Architecture (SNA); IBM’s networking architecture.
SNAX product family. The product family that consists of those Tandem software products
that provide access to IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) networks.
SQL. See Structured Query Language (SQL).