ENABLE Reference Manual

GLOSSARY
General Server
General Server. The Tandem proprietary process, supplied by the
ENABLE subsystem, that provides access and updates data base
files.
Generic mode. A positioning mode that provides record access by
a key value matching a supplied partial key value.
Group. A field in a record description made up of two or more
contiguous elementary fields.
GUARDIAN. The Tandem operating system.
Heading. A name established in the DDL dictionary that can
replace the field name on reports or on the screen.
Interactive mode. An operating mode in which commands are
entered from a terminal keyboard.
Join field. A field from one box that matches a field from
another box. Fields match if they have compatible data types
and represent common data values.
Key field. A field, the value of which is used to identify a
specific record within a file.
Key of reference. Either the primary key or alternate key
currently being used to access a record.
Key-sequenced file. A file in which records are stored in
ascending sequence according to the value of the primary key
field.
Link. A logical connection between the boxes used by an
application.
Linked field. A join field from a child box.
Linking field. A join field from a parent box.
Multifile application. An application generated by ENABLE that
can access two or more data base files or a single data file
opened as two or more data files.
Nested box. A box on the terminal screen that is contained by
another box.
Noninteractive mode. An operating mode in which commands are
entered through a command file.
NonStop. A trademark signifying the failure-tolerant features
of the proprietary Tandem architecture and operating system.
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