NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

Glossary
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native character set. For Tandem computers, the ASCII character set; for IBM
computers, the EBCDIC character set.
NC process. See NonStop NET/MASTER MS consolidated services process.
NCL. See Network Control Language.
NCL base procedure. See base procedure.
NCL ID. See NCL process identifier.
NCL object file search path. The search order through the NCL object file(s) defined as
part of the search path for NCL procedures.
NCL PATHSEND requester. A PATHSEND requester written in NCL.
NCL procedure. A source file consisting of a sequence of NCL statements.
NCL procedure library search path. The search order through the user procedure library,
customized procedure library, and distribution procedure library.
NCL process. An NCL procedure that is executing. Each NCL process has a unique
NCL ID. See also persistent NCL process.
NCL process identifier (NCL ID). The unique number that NonStop NET/MASTER MS
assigns to an NCL process upon execution.
NCL queue. A queue that holds delayed or queued NCL processes.
NCL queue file. A file that stores information about delayed or queued NCL processes.
A file is created for each static or dynamic process that has delayed or queued NCL
processes. (An alternate key file is also created.)
NCL queue recovery file. The renamed NCL queue file. The file is renamed after static or
dyamic primary process failure, and used to recover information about delayed or
queued NCL processes. The file is deleted after recovery completes.
NCL queue subvolume. The subvolume that stores NCL queue files.
NCP. See NonStop NET/MASTER MS control process.
nested block. A block of statements enclosed by another block of statements.
nested function. A user-written function inside another NCL procedure or function.
nested procedure. An NCL procedure inside another NCL procedure or function.
nested variable. A variable that begins with an ampersand and an opening parenthesis,
and terminates with a closing parenthesis (&, (, and ), respectively).
NET/MASTER. See SOLVE management services.
Network Control Language (NCL). A structured, high-level, compiled language supplied
with NonStop NET/MASTER MS and integrated with other NonStop NET/MASTER
MS services. It is used to develop NCL procedures.
Network Management Vector Transport (NMVT). An IBM message structure that carries
communications network management requests and replies.