NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Programmer's Guide

Glossary
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primary menu. A menu denoted by the display of a user ID and time on the right side of
the screen. NonStop NET/MASTER MS has more than one primary menu.
primary name. The name given to an entire resource, used to control access to the
resource by cooperating NCL processes.
primary processing environment. A processing environment that is controlled and owned
by an OCS window or a virtual user. The output from this environment goes to the
OCS window or virtual user, respectively.
primary program operator (PPO). In IBM terminology, an operator who is authorized to
receive unsolicited messages.
primary trigger. One of the RMS message recognition elements. You cannot change a
primary trigger.
private loading. Loading an NCL procedure or function for use by an NCL process.
procedure. In NCL, a sequence of NCL statements that performs a task but does not
have to return a result when it terminates.
procedure library. A subvolume in which NCL source files or object files reside.
process. In Guardian terminology, a program that is executing.
process attributes. The characteristics of a process in the NonStop NET/MASTER MS
processing environment, including process name, process priority, and process
presence.
process character. The first character of the name of the NonStop NET/MASTER MS
control process (NCP).
process class. A kind of application process (BK, EM, IS, MS, or NC).
process creation hints. Alphanumeric characters in the application process program file
name that determine the number and presence of NC processes.
process definition. The group of PARAM commands in the configuration file that
defines the attributes of a process in the NonStop NET/MASTER MS processing
environment.
process presence. The permanency of an application process in the NonStop
NET/MASTER MS processing environment. See also dynamic process and static
process.
process type. A kind of NonStop NET/MASTER MS process: NonStop NET/MASTER
MS control process (NCP), global memory manager (GMM) process, security exit
process, or application process.
process weight. The CPU resource consumption of a dynamic process when the
dynamic process is created in the CPU. See also CPU consumption.
process-wide scope. The scope of an NCL process: the action of a NonStop
NET/MASTER MS command or NCL verb affects only the NCL process from which
the command or verb is executed.