NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

Glossary
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delayed NCL process. An NCL process whose execution has been explicitly delayed.
delete operator message (DOM) ID. The attribute of a full non-roll-delete message that
uniquely identifies the message and is used to delete it. It consists of the domain ID of
the system from which the message originated, and a NRD ID (a unique number
assigned by NonStop NET/MASTER MS to the NRD message).
delete record. A record in one file that logically deletes a record in a related file.
delimited UDB. A user database in which each field in a record is separated from the
next field by hexadecimal ‘FF’ (called a field separator).
dependent processing environment. A processing environment controlled and owned by
an NCL process. The output from this environment goes to the NCL process.
dependent queue. A queue owned by the NCL process that is controlling the associated
dependent processing environment: either a request queue or a response queue.
dependent request queue. A dependent queue owned by an NCL process whose main
purpose is to receive requests from the INTQ command.
dependent response queue. A dependent queue owned by an NCL process whose main
purpose is to receive the responses of NonStop NET/MASTER MS commands.
detailed help section. The detailed description of a command in a command help edit
file.
direct function selection. The selection of a function by specifying all the options that
uniquely identify the function (used in panel skipping).
Disk Process 2 (DP2). The portion of the operating system software that performs read,
write, and lock operations on disk volumes.
display part. The part of a panel description file containing the input and output fields
that are displayed on a screen.
Display/Update SYSPARMS Settings facility. The NonStop NET/MASTER MS facility used
to display and update system parameters.
Distributed Systems Management (DSM). A set of Tandem software applications, tools, and
services that facilitates management of systems and networks.
Distributed Systems Network Management (DSNM). A Tandem product for monitoring and
controlling objects in a network.
distributed command help database. After being opened as a user database (UDB), the file
that contains distributed command help information.
distributed command help file. Before being opened as a user database (UDB), the file that
contains distributed command help information.
distributed NCL object file. The file distributed with NonStop NET/MASTER MS that
contains the object code for most NCL procedures required by NonStop
NET/MASTER MS.
distributed panel description file. A panel description file in the distribution panel library.