NET/MASTER Messages Manual

Glossary
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distribution procedure library. A library that contains the source code of NCL procedures
distributed as part of a NonStop NET/MASTER MS installation or upgrade.
DO group. A group of NCL statements enclosed by matching DO and END core
statements that is executed only once.
DO loop. A group of NCL statements enclosed by matching DO and END core
statements that can be executed more than once.
DOM ID. See delete operator message (DOM) ID.
domain. A logical division within a network.
domain ID. A character string of one through four characters used to identify a domain.
A domain ID is the first part of a DOM ID.
DP2. See Disk Process 2.
DSM. See Distributed Systems Management.
DSNM. See Distributed Systems Network Management.
dynamic preparsing. A type of preparsing (when displaying a panel) that shifts fields to
the right of substituted data during the preparse phase to accommodate differing
substituted data lengths.
dynamic process. An application process with dynamic presence: that is, a process
designed to be present as required in the NonStop NET/MASTER MS processing
environment. See also static process.
dynamic rule. An RMS message action rule where a variable determines the value of the
primary trigger.
dynamic terminal. A terminal opened for use by NonStop NET/MASTER MS by using
the NNM program from TACL.
dynamic user. A real user logged on to NonStop NET/MASTER MS using a dynamic
terminal. The user’s session with NonStop NET/MASTER MS begins and ends with a
TACL prompt.
Edit Services. The NonStop NET/MASTER MS service that provides access to the
Tandem text editor, PS Text Edit (TEDIT), to create and maintain NCL procedures and
panel description files.
edit file. The Tandem unstructured file with a file code of 101 (also called an “edit
format file”).
element. A data structure, understood by Mapping Services, consisting of a header
immediately followed by data.
element header. The beginning of an element. An element header consists of two parts:
a length field and a key field.
EM process. See event management services process.
emergency shutdown. A shutdown operation started by the NonStop NET/MASTER MS
control process (NCP). See also immediate shutdown and normal shutdown.