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NAM
NAM. See Network Access Method (NAM).
named resource list (NRL). A table that contains one entry for each device and named
process in the system. A logical device number (ldev)
is an NRL index.
national-standards-body conforming POSIX.1 application. An application that both:
•
Uses only the facilities described in ISO/IEC IS 9945-1:1990 and approved
standards of a specific member of the ISO or IEC (the national standards body)
•
Documents use of only those facilities and approved standards and documents all
options and dependencies on limits
native. An adjective that can modify object code, object file, process, procedure, and mode
of process execution. Native object files contain native object code, which directly uses
the MIPS processor's instruction set and the corresponding conventions for register
handling and procedure calls. Native processes are those created by executing native
object files. Native procedures are units of native object code. Native mode execution
is the state of the process when it is executing native procedures.
native link editor. See nld utility.
native mode. See TNS/R native mode.
native system library. Synonym for implicit library.
$NCP. The process name of the network control process.
NEC. National Electrical Code.
network. Two or more computer systems (nodes) connected so that they can exchange
information and share resources. See also Expand network
, wide area network (WAN),
and local area network (LAN)
.
Network Access Method (NAM). The interface through which an Expand-over-ServerNet
line-handler process communicates with the ServerNet cluster monitor process
(SNETMON).
network control process. A process pair, named $NCP, that runs in each system of an
Expand network. $NCP establishes and terminates system-to-system connections,
maintains network-related system tables (including the network routing table, NRT),
calculates the most efficient way to transmit data to other systems in the network,
monitors and logs changes in the status of the network and its systems, informs
$NCPs at neighbor systems of changes in line or Expand line-handler process status,
and aborts pending requests when all paths go down. See also network routing table
(NRT).
Network Information Service (NIS). A distributed name service (formerly known as Yellow
Pages) developed by Sun Microsystems. See also Domain Name System (DNS)
.