Debug Manual

Glossary
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Glossary-7
synthetic process ID
synthetic process ID. An identifier that might allow an unconverted server process to
communicate with a high-PIN requester process. A synthetic process ID has a PIN
of 255.
system. All the processors, memory, controllers, peripheral devices, and related
components that are directly connected together by buses and interface wiring to form
a cooperative processing unit.
system name. The identifier for the node on which file access occurs.
system number. The internal identifier for the node on which file access occurs.
system process. A process whose primary purpose is to manage system resources rather
than to solve a user’s problem. A system process is essential to a system-provided
service. Failure of a system process often causes the processor module to fail. Most
system processes are automatically created when the processor module is cold
loaded. Contrast with user process.
TNS. See HP NonStop Series (TNS).
TNS instructions. Stack-oriented, 16-bit instructions defined as part of the TNS
environment. On TNS systems, TNS instructions are implemented by microcode; on
TNS/R systems, TNS instructions are implemented by millicode routines or by
translation to an equivalent sequence of RISC instructions. Contrast with RISC
instructions.
TNS mode. The operational environment in which TNS instructions execute.
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 or accelerated mode. The operational environments in which either TNS instructions
or Accelerator-generated RISC instructions execute. Contrast with TNS/R native mode.
TNS/R. See HP NonStop Series/RISC (TNS/R)
.
TNS/R native mode. The operational environment in which native-compiled RISC
instructions execute.
TNS/R native object code. The RISC instructions that result from processing program
source code with a TNS/R native compiler. TNS/R native object code executes only on
TNS/R systems, not on TNS systems.
TNS/R native object file. A file created by a TNS/R native compiler that contains RISC
instructions and other information needed to construct the code spaces and the initial
data for a TNS/R native process.
TNS/R native process. A process initiated by executing a TNS/R native object file.