Inspect Manual

Inspect Manual—429164-006
Glossary-1
Glossary
accelerate. To speed up emulated execution of a TNS object file by applying either the
Axcel accelerator for TNS/R system execution or the Object Code Accelerator (OCA)
for TNS/E system execution before running the object file.
accelerated mode. See TNS accelerated mode.
accelerated object code. Either the MIPS RISC instructions (in the MIPS region) that result
from processing a TNS object file with the Axcel accelerator on a TNS/R system or the
Intel® Itanium® instructions (in the Itanium instruction region) that result from
processing a TNS object file with the TNS Object Code Accelerator (OCA) on a TNS/E
system.
accelerated object file. A TNS object file that contains accelerated object code. An
accelerated object file can contain both an Axcel region and an Itanium instruction
region.
Accelerator. A program optimization tool that processes a TNS object file and produces an
accelerated object file that contains equivalent native instructions. On TNS/R systems,
the accelerator is named Axcel. On TNS/E systems, the accelerator is the TNS Object
Code Accelerator (OCA),
Accelerator mode. An operational environment in which an object file executes accelerated
code, as follows:

On TNS/E systems, Itanium instructions are executed that were generated by the
Object Code Accelerator (OCA)

On TNS/R systems, RISC instructions are executed that were generated by the
Axcel accelerator
Contrast with TNS/R native mode
. See also TNS mode and TNS/R native mode.
Accelerator region of an object file. The region (called the MIPS region on TNS/R
systems, and the Itanium region on TNS/E systems) of an object file that contains
instructions and tables necessary to execute the object file on a TNS/R or TNS/E
system in accelerated mode. The accelerator creates this region. Contrast with OCA
region of an object file. See also accelerated object file.
Active scope units. Any scope unit that has been called but has not yet been exited. The
call history displayed by the TRACE command lists all active scope units.
Banner line. The line of information Inspect displays when you begin an Inspect session.
Break action. The part of a breakpoint's definition that specifies what to do after the
breakpoint triggers a break event.
Break condition. The part of a breakpoint's definition that specifies under what conditions
the breakpoint is to trigger a break event.