DCE Application Programming Guide

Glossary
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endpoint map
endpoint map. In a remote procedure call (RPC), a systemwide database where local RPC
servers register binding information associated with their interface identifiers and object
universal unique identifiers. The endpoint map is maintained by the endpoint map
service. See also endpoint and endpoint map service.
endpoint map service. In a remote procedure call (RPC), a service provided by the DCE
demon that maintains a system’s endpoint map for local RPC servers. When an RPC
client makes a remote procedure call using a partially bound binding handle, the
endpoint map service is used to look up the endpoint of a compatible server. See also
endpoint, endpoint map and DCE demon (dced).
export. To make a local shell variable available to the environment of subsequently
executed commands.
fully bound binding handle. In a remote procedure call (RPC), a binding handle that
contains a complete server address including an endpoint. See also endpoint, binding
handle and partially bound binding handle.
group entry. In a remote procedure call (RPC), an RPC name service entry that
corresponds to one or more RPC servers that offer common RPC interfaces, objects,
or both. A group contains the names of the server entries, other group entries, or both
that are the members of the group. See also server entry and RPC name service.
HP NonStop™ Open System Services (OSS). An open system environment available for
interactive or programmatic use with the NonStop operating system. Processes that
run in the OSS environment usually use the OSS application program interface;
interactive users of the OSS environment usually use the OSS shell for their command
interpreter.
HP NonStop SQL/MP. A relational database management system that provides efficient
online access to large distributed databases. The main components of SQL/MP are a
data dictionary; the SQL language for definition, manipulation, and control of data; a
programming interface; a conversational interface; a report writer; and a set of utilities.
HP NonStop Transaction Management Facility (TMF) subsystem. A product that
provides transaction protection and database consistency in online transaction
processing environments.
idl. The Interface Definition Language compiler that generates a remote procedure call
stub code.
IDL. See Interface Definition Language (IDL).
import. (1). In a remote procedure call (RPC), to obtain binding information from the RPC
name service about a server that offers a given RPC interface by using an RPC name
service interface import operation. See also export, RPC interface, and RPC name
service. (2). In RPC, to include constant and type declarations from a file into an RPC
interface definition by means of an Interface Definition Language import statement.
See also Interface Definition Language (IDL).