NonStop Server for Java Programmer's Reference (NSJ 4.0+)

Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).
inlining
Replacing a method call with the code for the called method, eliminating the call.
interactive
Question-and-answer exchange between a user and a computer system.
interface
In general, the point of communication or interconnection between one person, program,
or device and another, or a set of rules for that interaction. See also API.
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
A standardization body at the same level as ISO.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
A voluntary, nontreaty organization founded in 1946, responsible for creating
international standards in many areas, including computers and communications. Its
members are the national standards organizations of 89 countries, including ANSI.
Internet
The network of many thousands of interconnected networks that use the TCP/IP
networking communications protocol. It provides e-mail, file transfer, news, remote
login, and access to thousands of databases. The Internet includes three kinds of
networks:
High-speed backbone networks such as NSFNET and MILNET❍
Mid-level networks such as corporate and university networks❍
Stub networks such as individual LANs❍
interoperability
One of the following:
The ability to communicate, execute programs, or transfer data between dissimilar
environments, including among systems from multiple vendors or with multiple
versions of operating systems from the same vendor. HP documents often use the
term connectivity in this context, while other vendors use connectivity to mean
hardware compatibility.
❍
Within a NonStop system node, the ability to use the features or facilities of one
environment from another. For example, the gtacl command in the OSS
environment allows an interactive user to start and use a Guardian tool in the
Guardian environment.
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interpreter
The component of a Java virtual machine that interprets bytecode into native machine
code.
Invocation API
The C-language API that starts a Java virtual machine and invokes methods on it. The