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Conventions used in This Manual

The following conventions are used in this manual:

• Names of objects or menu items displayed in a screen are capitalized, for example,

the Cancel button.

• Variable names are italicized and enclosed in brackets, for example, <volume>.

Substitute the appropriate name for your installation.

• The command line prompt seen on the NonStop Kernel Operating System is

represented by the character >.

• Variables that are parts of names and addresses are italicized, for example, DBXPxx,

where xx is the variable.

• Commands that must be typed are printed in boldface, for example, type a: setup.

• Names of volumes, subvolumes, and files are in all capital letter, for example,

subvolume GENDB.

GLOSSARY

Abbreviations used in this manual are defined as follows:

FTP - file transfer protocol

FUP- file utility processor

LAN- local area network

MLAD – multi-LAN attachment device

RSC – remote server call

RSCCOM – an RSC utility

QBE - query by example

SQL – structured query language

SVGA – super video graphics adapter

TACL – Tandem advanced command language

TCP/IP – transmission-control protocol/internet protocol

TLAM – Tandem LAN access method

TMF – transaction-monitoring facility