ENABLE Reference Manual

GLOSSARY
File Utility Program
Data base. A collection of data that is described and controlled
within a computer system.
Data dictionary. A set of files that provide information about
each file in a data base.
Data type. A category that identifies the kind of data that a
field represents. Four broad categories of data types exist:
alphabetic, alphanumeric, numeric integer, and numeric
noninteger.
Data values. The actual values stored in a data base file.
Default attribute value. An attribute value supplied by ENABLE
when both the starting and current attribute values are null.
Default object type. A object type that ENABLE uses when you
omit the keyword BOX or APPL from an ENABLE command. The
ASSUME command affects the default object type.
Default value. A value that is used by the system when a value
has not been supplied by the user.
Edit-type file. A source text file that can be augmented and
modified by the user through a text editor.
ENABLE. A trademark that signifies the Tandem proprietary
application-generation subsystem.
ENABLE commands. Commands that are associated with use of the
ENABLE subsystem.
ENSCRIBE. A trademark that signifies the Tandem proprietary
data base record manager.
Entry-sequenced file. A file in which records are stored in the
order in which they are written into the file. Records can be
identified by a record number that indicates the position of
the record within the file.
Exact mode. A positioning mode that provides record access by a
key value exactly matching a supplied key value.
Field. An element that represents the storage area for one
specific group of letters, numbers, or letters and numbers.
File. A collection of records.
File Utility Program (FUP). A trademark that signifies the
Tandem proprietary utility program that is used for performing
certain disc file related operations.
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