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Glossary
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MIPS RISC word
on a TNS/R system. The accelerator creates this region and writes it into the TNS
object file. Contrast with Intel Itanium instruction region.
MIPS RISC word. An instruction-set-defined unit of memory. A MIPS RISC word is 4 bytes
(32 bits) wide, beginning on any 4-byte boundary in memory. Contrast with TNS word
and word. See also Intel Itanium word.
native. An adjective that can modify object code, object file, process, procedure, and mode
of process execution. Native object files contain native object code, which directly uses
either MIPS or Intel Itanium instructions and the corresponding conventions for register
handling and procedure calls. Native processes are those created by executing native
object files. Native procedures are units of native object code. Native mode execution
is the state of the process when it is executing native procedures.
native mode. See TNS/R native mode and TNS/E native mode.
native object code. See TNS/R native object code and TNS/E native object code.
native object file. See TNS/R native object file and TNS/E native object file.
native object file tool. See noft utility and enoft utility,
native process. See TNS/R native process and TNS/E native process.
native system library or DLL. Synonym for implicit library or DLL.
nld utility. A utility that collects, links, and modifies code and data blocks from one or more
object files to produce a target TNS/R native object file. The nld utility is similar to the
Binder program used in the TNS development environment. Compare to eld utility.
noft utility. A utility that reads and displays information from TNS/R native object files.
Compare to enoft utility
nonexact point. A code location within an accelerated object file that is between memory-
exact points. The mapping between the TNS program counter and corresponding
RISC instructions is only approximate at nonexact points, and interim changes to
memory might have been completed out of order. Breakpoints cannot be applied at
nonexact points. Contrast with memory-exact point and register-exact point.
NSR-L processor. The NonStop System RISC Model L processor (NSR-L processor) is
the first TNS/R processor. NonStop Cyclone/R and CLX 2000 systems contain NSR-L
processors. All documentation that refers to the NSR-L processor and related software
applies to both systems unless explicitly stated otherwise.
object file. A file, generated by a compiler or binder, that contains machine instructions and
other information needed to construct the code spaces and initial data for a process.
object code accelerator (OCA). See TNS Object Code Accelerator (OCA)
.