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

Glossary
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internal ServerNet X or Y fabric
internal ServerNet X or Y fabric. The X or Y fabric that links ServerNet devices within an
HP NonStop™ server. See also fabric.
internationalization. The process of designing and coding software so that it can be
adapted to meet the needs of different languages, cultures, and character sets, with
the ability to handle various linguistic and cultural conventions. Internationalization
methods enable the processing of character-based data independently of the
underlying character encoding, allowing choice among character sets. Sometimes
referred to as I18N, derived from the 18 letters between the initial I and the final N of
the word internationalization. See also character set.
Internet address. The 32-bit address assigned to hosts that want to participate in the
Internet using Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Internet
addresses are an abstraction of physical hardware addresses, just as the Internet is an
abstraction of physical networks. As assigned to the interconnection of a host to a
physical network, an Internet address consists of a network portion and a host portion.
See also IP address.
Internet control message protocol (ICMP). A maintenance protocol in the Transmission
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite that is required in every TCP/IP
implementation. The ICMP allows two nodes on an IP network to share IP status and
error information. The ICMP is used by the ping utility to determine the readability of a
remote system. See also IP address and ping.
Internet protocol (IP). A data communications protocol that handles the routing of data
through a network, which typically consists of many different subnetworks. IP is
connectionless. It routes data from a source address to a destination address. See
also IP address.
interoperability. (1) Within an Expand node, the ability to use the features or facilities of
one environment from another. For example, the gtacl command in the Open System
Services (OSS) environment allows an interactive user to start and use a Guardian tool
in the Guardian environment. (2) Among systems from multiple vendors or with
multiple versions of operating systems from the same vendor, the ability to exchange
status, files, and other information. Product externals and end-user publications for
NonStop servers often use the term connectivity in this context. See also connectivity.
interpreted mode. See TNS interpreted mode.
interprocessor communications (IPC). The exchange of messages between processors.
interrupt ID (IID). The identification of an external interrupt.
intrinsic library. See Shared Millicode Library.
instance. A particular case of a class of items or objects. For example, a process is defined
as one instance of the execution of a program. Multiple processes might be executing
the same program simultaneously. Also, instance data refers to global data of a
program or library. Each process has its own instance of the data.