Binder Manual (G06.27+, H06.04+, J06.03+)

Glossary
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TNS/E.
TNS/E. 64-bit computers that support the HP NonStop operating system and that are based
on INTEL’s Itanium architecture. TNS/E machines are upwardly compatible with the
TNS system-level architecture. Contrast with TNS and with TNS/R.
TNS/E instruction. See Itanium instruction.
TNS. The HP computers that support the Guardian operating system and that are based on
the instruction set computing (CISC) technology. The term TNS can refer to the
instruction set, the architecture, or the processors. Systems with these processor
include the NonStop II, NonStop TXP, NonStop EXT, NonStop VLX, NonStop Cyclone,
and NonStop CLX 600, CLX 700, and CLX 800 series.
TNS environment. The registers, instruction set, and processing logic that are defined by
the TNS architecture.
TNS instruction. A 16-bit, stack-oriented machine instruction common to all TNS and
TNS/R systems. On TNS systems, TNS instructions are implemented by microcode;
on TNS/R systems, TNS instructions are implemented by millicode or by acceleration
to RISC code.
TNS object code. The TNS instructions that result from processing source code with a TNS
language compiler. TNS object code executes on both TNS and TNS/R systems.
TNS word. A 16-bit word. Named for the assumed operand size associated with most TNS
instructions.
TNS object file. The object file created by a TNS compiler. The file contains TNS
instructions and other information needed to construct the code spaces and the initial
data for a TNS process.
Transaction Application Language (TAL). A systems programming language for NonStop
systems.
upper 32K-word area. The upper half of the user data segment. You can use pointers to
allocate this area for your data; however, if you use the CRE, the upper 32K-word area
is not available for your data.
user data segment. An automatically allocated segment that provides modifiable, private
storage for the variables of your process.
user library. A set of procedures that the operating system links to a program file at run
time.
XEP table. See external entry point (XEP)table
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