DCE Installation, Configuration, and Management Guide

Glossary
HP NonStop DCE Installation, Configuration, and Management Guide—429552-005
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HP NonStop Transaction Management Facility (TMF)
subsystem
HP NonStop Transaction Management Facility (TMF) subsystem. The product that
protects databases in online transaction processing environments.
Kerberos. The authentication protocol implemented by DCE shared-secret authentication.
LAN. Local area network.
namespace. A complete set of cell directory service (CDS) names (which can include
directories, object entries, and soft links) that one or more CDS servers look up,
manage, and share.
network time protocol (NTP). The Internet-recommended time standard.
NTP. See network time protocol (NTP).
Open System Services (OSS). An open system environment available for interactive or
programmatic use with the HP NonStop operating system. Processes that run in the
OSS environment use the OSS application program interface. Interactive users of the
OSS environment use the OSS shell for their command interpreter.
OSS. See HP NonStop™ Open System Services (OSS).
.profile file. A startup file that the login shell executes at login. The .profile file can
be used to run commands, set environment variables, and define functions.
remote procedure call (RPC). A procedure call executed by an application procedure
located in a separate address space from the calling code.
RPC. See remote procedure call (RPC).
SDK. See Software Development Kit (SDK).
server machine. A DCE machine that executes at least one DCE server.
shared run-time library (SRL). A collection of procedures whose code and data can be
loaded and executed only at a specific assigned virtual memory address (the same
address in all processes). SRLs use direct addressing and do not have run-time
resolution of links to and from the main program and other independent libraries.
Contrast with dynamic-link library (DLL). See also TNS shared run-time library (TNS
SRL). and TNS/R native shared run-time library (TNS/R native SRL)..
Software Development Kit (SDK). A limited distribution release of NonStop DCE, intended
only for application development.
SQL. See structured query language (SQL).
SRL. See shared run-time library (SRL).
structured query language (SQL). A nonprocedural language for defining and accessing
relational databases. See also HP NonStop SQL/MP.