NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

Glossary
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global memory (GM). Memory that holds information required by all NonStop
NET/MASTER MS processes. Information is maintained by the global memory
manager (GMM).
global memory manager (GMM). The NonStop NET/MASTER MS component that
manages information in global memory.
global time-based rule. An RMS time-based rule that is independent of message flow.
global variable. An NCL variable that is visible throughout NonStop NET/MASTER MS
(the name begins with GLBL).
global vartable. A vartable that is visible throughout NonStop NET/MASTER MS.
GMM. See global memory manager.
group. Any contiguous section of data within the fixed length data section of an
element.
group ID. The first part of a GUID consisting of a number from 1 through 255.
group user ID. A user ID definition record, used as the default template for groups of
individual users.
Guardian user ID (GUID). The two-part Tandem ID, consisting of a group ID and a user
ID, that defines a user to the Guardian environment.
GUID. See Guardian user ID.
header. The first part of a map or an element. It contains information about the whole
map or element.
Help Maintenance. A NonStop NET/MASTER MS service that allows a user to
customize distributed command help information and add new command help
information.
help information. Information describing how to use a command or command/operand
combination.
hexadecimal mode. A technique used for defining a hexadecimal character as a field
character in a panel description file.
hexadecimal string. In NCL, a quoted string containing 0 through 9, A through F, a
through f, or blanks, and followed by the letter X or x.
hints. See process creation hints.
history buffer. Sometimes called a command stack, a buffer, available to each OCS
window, that contains the most recently executed unique commands entered from the
OCS command input line.
IDS. See intelligent device support.
illegal character. A character that cannot be used in an NCL procedure (except in a
quoted string).
immediate shutdown. A shutdown operation started by the BSYS virtual user without
waiting for users to log off. See also emergency shutdown and normal shutdown.