Binder Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+)

Glossary
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local data
local data. Data that you declare within a procedure; identifiers that are accessible only
from within that procedure.
low PIN. A process identification number (PIN) in the range 0 through 254. Contrast with
high PIN.
lower 32K-word area. The lower half of the user data segment. The global, local, and
sublocal storage areas.
language-specific run-time environment. A set of services implemented by the run-time
library of each language. Without the CRE, C, COBOL85, FORTRAN, Pascal or TAL
programs each have their own language-specific run-time environments. These
language-specific run-time environments are often incompatible with each other.
Contrast with Common Run-Time Environment.
language-specific run-time library. A collection of routines outside the CRE that supports
requests from a specific language for services such as I/O and heap management,
math and string functions, exception handling, and error reporting.
large memory model. A program attribute that specifies that a program’s heap is allocated
in the extended memory segment.
main routine. The first routine to execute when a program is run. The main routine
determines the run-time environment for a program. It is the routine declared with the
MAIN or PROGRAM keyword.
mixed-language program. A program that contains source files written in different HP
programming languages.
NonStop Operating System Open System Services (OSS). An application program
interface (API) to the HP NonStop Operating System and associated tools and utilities.
object file. A file generated by a compiler or binder that contains machine instructions and
other information needed to construct the executable code spaces and initial data for a
process. The file may be a complete program that is ready for immediate execution, or
it may be incomplete and require binding with other object files before execution.
Object Code Accelerator (OCA). A program that processes a TNS object file and
produces an object file that contains both TNS instructions and Itanium instructions.
Most TNS object files that have been processed by OCA run faster on TNS/E
machines than do TNS object files that have not been processed by OCA.
own data block. A data block with a scope defined as private to one module or code block.
Also referred to as an private data block.
PARAM command. A TACL command that lets you associate an ASCII value with a
parameter name.