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

Glossary
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fingerprint. A unique identifier calculated for a file and displayed in hexadecimal format.
FIPS. A Federal Information Processing Standard of the United States government.
FIPS 151-1. The Federal Information Processing Standard that specifies the requirements
for conformance to an older draft of POSIX.1 (IEEE Std. 1003.1-1988) than the version
adopted as ISO/IEC IS 9945-1:1990 and imposes some additional requirements.
FIPS 151-2. The Federal Information Processing Standard that specifies the requirements
for conformance to POSIX.1 as ISO/IEC IS 9945-1:1990 and imposes some additional
requirements.
FIR. See FRU information record (FIR).
FIRINIT. A diagnostic task used to update the communications line interface processor
(CLIP) FRU information record (FIR) that is kept in the ServerNet wide area network
(SWAN) concentrator CLIP flash memory.
FIRMUP. A diagnostic task used to update the copy of the Portable Silicon Operating
System (pSOS) system product embedded kernel that is kept in the ServerNet wide
area network (SWAN) concentrator communications line interface processor (CLIP)
flash memory.
firmware. Code in memory that is necessary for the power-up initialization and
communication with a host or device. The software for components of the ServerNet
architecture (for example, an adapter) is called firmware. Some firmware for ServerNet
components is downloaded when the system or component is loaded.
fixed process configuration. Using Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) to configure a
generic process to always start in the first available processor (that is, to be fault
tolerant).
flag. In a UNIX or Open System Services (OSS) command, a character sequence that
begins with a hyphen and is processed as a unit.
flash memory. A type of memory that contains essential firmware and nonessential
firmware.
flash PROM. A type of programmable read-only memory (PROM) that is electrically
reprogrammable.
flat segment. A type of logical segment. Each flat segment has its own distinct address
range within the process address space that never overlaps the range of any other
allocated segments. Thus all allocated flat segments for a process are always available
for use concurrently. See also logical segment and selectable segment.
foreground process. An Open System Services (OSS) process that belongs to a
foreground process group.