NonStop S-Series Planning and Configuration Guide (G06.25+)

Glossary
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loadfile
loadfile. An executable object code file that is ready for loading into memory and executing
on the computer. Loadfiles are further classified as executable programs (containing a
main routine at which to begin execution of that program) or executable libraries
(supplying routines or variables to multiple programs or separately loaded libraries). A
TNS code file might be both a loadfile and a linkfile. Native code files are never both.
Contrast with linkfile
.
loadList. A list of all the libraries that must be loaded for a given loadfile to execute. A
loadfile’s loadList includes all the libraries in the given loadfile’s libList plus all the
libraries in those loadfiles’ libLists, and so forth. It does not include the implicit libraries.
The loadList order is the sequence in which these loadfiles are to be loaded when they
are not already loaded by a previous operation. The loadList of the program includes
all the loadfiles present in the process, in the order they were loaded.
local area network (LAN). A network that is located in a small geographical area and
whose communications technology provides a high-bandwidth, low-cost medium to
which low-cost nodes can be connected. One or more LANs can be connected to the
system such that the LAN users can access the system as if their workstations were
connected directly to it. Contrast with wide area network (WAN)
.
locale. In localization, the definition of the subset of a user’s environment that depends on
language and cultural conventions.
localization. The process of adapting computer interfaces, data, and documentation to the
culturally accepted way of presenting information in the culture. Sometimes referred to
as
L10N, derived from the 10 letters between the initial L and the final N of the word
localization.
localized. The import-control characteristic of a loadfile that allows it to import symbols only
from the loadfile itself followed by the libraries in its libList, libraries that those libraries
reexport, and from these, any successions of reexported libraries. See also register-
exact point and searchList.
local mount. In the Network File System (NFS), a mount that attaches the fileset
associated with a server to the specified mount point within the local directory
hierarchy. The local mount is visible within the NFS subsystem and makes the files
associated with the server available through the path associated with the local mount
point.
local node. See local system.
local operator. The person who performs routine system operations, such as starting and
stopping the system, loading and unloading tapes, and changing the air filter. The local
operator is normally the operator of the asynchronous system console for the node.
See also operator
.
local processor. A processor in the same node as the ServerNet cluster monitor process
(SNETMON) that is reporting status about the processor.