Inspect Manual

Glossary
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process identification number (PIN)
process identification number (PIN). An unsigned integer that identifies a process in a
processor module.
process snapshot file. (1) A file containing dump information needed by the system
debugging tool. In UNIX systems, such files are usually called core files or core dump
files. (2) A file containing the state of a running process at a specific moment,
regardless of whether the process terminated abnormally. See also saveabend file.
program. In the general sense, a program is a file that contains a series of instructions. In
Inspect, however, the term “program” has a more specific meaning—a program is a
process, a save file, a PATHWAY server, or a PATHWAY requester program.
program file. An executable object file generated by a compiler or by the accelerator and a
binder program.
program list. The list of programs that you are debugging concurrently. The PROGRAM
command without any parameters displays the program list.
pseudocode. The intermediate-level code produced when you compile a SCREEN
COBOL program. A TCP, not a CPU, executes pseudocode.
public library. A dynamic-link library (DLL) or shared run-time library (SRL) that is known to
the operating system, available for execution by any process or user, and is not an
implicit library.
reduced instruction-set computing (RISC). A processor architecture based on a relatively
small and simple instruction set, a large number of general-purpose registers, and an
optimized instruction pipeline that supports high-performance instruction execution.
Contrast with complex instruction-set computing (CISC) and Explicitly Parallel
Instruction Computing (EPIC).
register-exact point. A synchronization location within an accelerated object file at which
both of these statements are true:

All live TNS registers plus all values in memory are the same as they would be if
the object file were running in TNS mode or TNS interpreted mode or on a TNS
system.

All accelerator code optimizations are ended.
Register-exact points are a small subset of all memory-exact points. Procedure entry
and exit locations and call-return sites are usually register-exact points. All places
where the program might switch into or from TNS mode or TNS interpreted mode are
register-exact points. Contrast with memory-exact point
and nonexact point.
RISC. See “reduced instruction-set computing (RISC).”
RISC instructions. Register-oriented 32-bit machine instructions that are directly executed
on TNS/R processors. RISC instructions execute only on TNS/R systems. Contrast
with TNS instructions
and Intel® Itanium® instructions.