Introduction to TRANSFER Delivery System

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The TRANSFER Environment

Overview

A TRANSFER system can be described as a community of users—or correspondents—

and as a means for them to exchange information. To let correspondents communicate,

TRANSFER provides these basic functions:

■ TRANSFER keeps a name directory, providing a means for correspondents to

identify themselves and other correspondents.

■ TRANSFER maintains a holding area for packages and parts of packages, giving

correspondents a place and a way to assemble and receive packages.

■ TRANSFER includes a set of processes that deliver packages to the right

correspondents at the right times.

TRANSFER also allows you to specify the national language and to set character maps

for your system. User interfaces and a number of generated TRANSFER words and

messages can be presented to correspondents in French, German, Italian, or one of

several other languages that Tandem supports.

This section describes the objects managed by TRANSFER and introduces the processes

involved in package delivery.