NonStop S-Series Hardware Installation and FastPath Guide (G06.26+)

Glossary
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pSOS system product
routines shared with other programs might be located in separately loaded libraries. A
program file can be named on a RUN command; other code files cannot. See also
object code file.
pSOS system product. See Portable Silicon Operating System (pSOS) system product.
pTAL. Portable Transaction Application Language. A machine-independent system
programming language based on Transaction Application Language (TAL). The pTAL
language excludes architecture-specific TAL constructs and includes new constructs
that replace the architecture-specific constructs. Contrast with HP Transaction
Application Language (TAL).
pTAL compiler. An optimizing native-mode compiler for the pTAL language.
public dynamic-link library (public DLL). Optional native-mode executable code modules
available to all native user processes.
public LAN. See nondedicated (public) LAN.
public library. A dynamic-link library (DLL) or shared run-time library (SRL) that is known to
the operating system, available for execution by any process or user, and is not an
implicit library.
public shared run-time library (public SRL). A TNS/R library supplied by HP.
PUP. See Peripheral Utility Program (PUP).
quad-integrated communications controller (QUICC). The Motorola MC68360 chip. For
HP NonStop™ S-series servers, the QUICC is used as the service processor (SP) and
is the main part of the ServerNet wide area network (SWAN) concentrator
communications line interface processor (CLIP).
quality power. The attributes and configuration of the power-distribution systems installed
within a facility that best serve the power needs of that facility’s electrical equipment
(for example, computer systems, air conditioning, and so on), providing the minimum
possible disruption to equipment operation.
QUICC. See quad-integrated communications controller (QUICC).
R1. See ServerNet router 1.
R2. See ServerNet router 2.
raceway. An enclosed channel used to hold wires, cables, or busbars. Most raceways have
removable tops to facilitate the installation or removal of their contents.
rack. A metal structure that has four columns, to which slides or rails that hold computer
equipment can be fastened. See also frame.