NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Manual

Glossary
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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.
implicit declaration. The definition of a procedure that does not begin with the
PROCEDURE core statement.
implicit execution. The execution of an NCL procedure without an explicit START or
EXEC command.
import. To transfer command help information from a command help edit file to the
command help database. See also export.
inbound message. An unsolicited message received by ISR on a local NonStop
NET/MASTER MS system from a remote NonStop NET/MASTER MS or SOLVE
management services system.
inclusive OR (OR). The Boolean operator that results in a value of 1 (TRUE) if one or
both adjacent terms in an expression are true: otherwise the operator results in a value
of 0 (FALSE). See also exclusive OR (XOR).