Ethernet Adapter Installation and Support Guide

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ordinary library
ordinary library. A dynamic-link library (DLL) or shared run-time library (SRL) that is not
public. See ordinary dynamic-link library (ordinary DLL).
ordinary dynamic-link library (ordinary DLL). A dynamic-link library (DLL) or shared
run-time library (SRL) that is not public; the code file is found at run time and can be
provided by the user. Contrast with public dynamic-link library (public DLL).
orphaned process group. In the Open System Services (OSS) environment, a process
group in which the parent of every member either is also a member of the process
group or is a member of a different session.
orphan file. In the Open System Services (OSS) environment, a file with no corresponding
inode in the PXINODE file.
orphan inode. In the Open System Services (OSS) environment, an inode that appears in
the PXINODE file but has no links in the PXLINK file.
OSC. See Online Support Center (OSC).
OSCONFIG file. In G-series release version updates (RVUs), a configuration file built during
system generation that contains only Software Problem Isolation and Fix Facility
(SPIFF) and Software Identification (SWID) tool records. In D-series and earlier RVUs,
the Configuration Utility Program (COUP) uses the $SYSTEM.SYSnn.OSCONFIG file
to store its configuration information.
OSI. See Open Systems Interconnection (OSI).
OSIMAGE. A file built during system generation that contains the complete image of the HP
NonStop™ Kernel operating system that runs in each processor in the system.
OSL. See optical storage library (OSL).
OSL object type. The Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) object type for an optical storage
library (OSL).
OSS. See Open System Services (OSS).
OSS environment. See Open System Services (OSS) environment.
OSS Monitor. See Open System Services (OSS) Monitor.
OSS process ID. In the Open System Services (OSS) environment, the unique identifier
that identifies a process during the lifetime of the process and during the lifetime of the
process group of that process. See also PID.
OSS signal. See Open System Services (OSS) signal.
OSS user ID. See HP NonStop™ Kernel user ID.