NonStop S-Series Server Description Manual (G06.24+)

Glossary
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backout
backout. The Distributed Systems Management/Software Configuration Manager
(DSM/SCM) action of making the last configuration applied to the target system
inaccessible and replacing it with the previous configuration.
backplane. A board that has connectors, on one or both sides of the board, into which
circuit board assemblies plug. Backplanes are located behind card cages.
BACKUP. A utility for the HP NonStop™ servers that creates a backup copy of one or more
disk files on magnetic tape. See also RESTORE.
backup processor. A processor running the HP NonStop™ Kernel operating system that
communicates with the primary processor, allowing the processors to remain
independent. A component failure in one processor has no effect on any other
processor.
base computing platform. The minimum software implementation that is the foundation for
the X/Open common applications environment (CAE).
base enclosure. An enclosure that is placed on the floor and can have other enclosures
stacked on top of it. A base enclosure is installed on a frame base. Contrast with
stackable enclosure.
base profile. In an X/Open compliant system, a minimum set of software components
required to create a common applications environment.
battery load. The electrical current drain imposed on a battery.
BEB. See back-end board (BEB).
BIC. Backplane interconnect card. Not applicable to HP NonStop™ S-series servers. See
ServerNet adapter.
BIND. A program invoked during system generation that creates TNS object (file code 100)
system code files and system library files.
Binder. A programming utility that combines one or more compilation units’ TNS object
code files to create an executable TNS object code file for a TNS program or library.
Used only with TNS object files.
Binder region. The region of a TNS object file that contains header tables for use by the
Binder program.
binding. The operation of collecting, connecting, and relocating code and data blocks from
one or more separately compiled TNS object files to produce a target object file.
bit-synchronous. A type of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Layer-2 protocol that uses
synchronous transmission but does not require a character code to define terminal and
line control sequences.