ENABLE Reference Manual

GLOSSARY
Primary Key
Primary key. The key field that uniquely identifies a record in
a file; a primary key cannot be duplicated.
Program generator. The component of ENABLE that generates SCREEN
COBOL source code.
Record. Depending on the context in which it is used, a record
is either related data stored in a data base file or a record
description.
Record description. A entity stored in a data dictionary that
describes the organization and structure of a data base file.
Record number. An ordinal value that uniquely identifies a
record in an entry-sequenced, relative, or unstructured file.
Relative file. A file in which records are stored in a position
relative to the beginning of the file. Records within the
file can be identified by a record number.
Requester process. A process that interprets application-program
object code and sends replies to a server; synonymous with
requester.
SCREEN COBOL. A trademark that signifies the Tandem proprietary
procedural language for terminal display control under
PATHWAY.
Server. A process that handles file I/O processing under
PATHWAY.
Skeleton file. A file of SCREEN COBOL source text or PATHCOM
commands, plus special commands that drive ENABLE processing;
the file can be used in its present state or changed by the
application programmer.
Single-file application. An application generated by ENABLE that
can access a single data base file.
Spooler. A process that serves as a buffer between a print
device and an application writing to the device.
Starting value. An attribute value that exists when you start
ENABLE.
Subset. A related set of records in an access path.
Subsystem. A program that is supplied as part of the operating
software.
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