NonStop S-Series Hardware Installation and FastPath Guide (G06.25+)

Glossary
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BOOTP
BOOTP. A protocol for providing initialization information to diskless nodes in an open
network.
BOOTPC. See BOOTP client (BOOTPC).
BOOTP client (BOOTPC). A client provided as a Portable Silicon Operating System
(pSOS) system product task in the essential firmware on each communications line
interface processor (CLIP) in the ServerNet wide area network (SWAN) concentrator.
BOOTPC tasks are also provided on the host system as the WANBoot process in the
WAN subsystem.
BOOTPD. See BOOTP daemon (BOOTPD).
BOOTP daemon (BOOTPD). The BOOTP server. One BOOTPD runs as a Portable Silicon
Operating System (pSOS) system product task in the essential firmware on each
communications line interface processor (CLIP) in the ServerNet wide area network
(SWAN) concentrator. BOOTPD tasks are also provided on the host system as the
WANBoot process in the WAN subsystem.
branch circuit. The circuit conductors located between the equipment receptacles and the
final overcurrent device in a power distribution panel (PDP) that protect the circuits.
branded product. A software product that is licensed by X/Open to carry the X/Open or
UNIX trademark.
branding process. The activities that lead to the acceptance of a product by X/Open in
accordance with its Trade Mark Licence Agreement.
break condition. An event indicator or sequence of data from a terminal or terminal
emulator that requests interruption of an application program.
breakpoint. An object code location at which execution will be suspended so that you can
interactively examine and modify the process state. With symbolic debuggers,
breakpoints are usually at source line or statement boundaries.
In TNS/R native object code, breakpoints can be at any MIPS RISC instruction within a
statement. In a TNS object file that has not been accelerated, breakpoints can be at
any TNS instruction location. In a TNS object file that has been accelerated,
breakpoints can be only at certain TNS instruction locations (see memory-exact point),
not at arbitrary instructions. Some source statement boundaries are not available.
However, breakpoints can be placed at any instruction in the accelerated code.
bridge rectifier. A full-wave rectifier with four elements, as in a bridge circuit. Alternating
voltage is applied to one pair of opposite junctions, and direct voltage is obtained from
the other pair of junctions.
BSD. Berkeley Software Distribution.