NonStop Server for Java Programmer's Reference (NSJ 4.2+)
The Java RMI stub compiler, which generates stubs and skeletons for remote objects.
rmicregistry
The Java Remote Object Registry, which starts a remote object registry on the specified
port on the current host.
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scalability
The ability to increase the size and processing power of an online transaction processing
system by adding processors and devices to a system, systems to a network, and so on,
and to do so easily and transparently without bringing systems down. Sometimes called
expandability.
Scalable TCP/IP (SIP)
A NonStop Server for Java feature that transparently provides a way to give scalability
and persistence to a network server written in Java.
SDK
See software development kit (SDK).
serialization
See Object Serialization.
serialized object
An object that has undergone object serialization.
serialver
The Serial Version Command, which returns the serialVersionUID of one or more
classes. Also, the command to run the Serial Version Command.
server
One of the following:
An implementation of a system used as a stand-alone system or as a node in an
Expand network.
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The hardware component of a computer system designed to provide services in
response to requests received from clients across a network. For example, NonStop
system servers provide transaction processing, database access, and other services.
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A process or program that provides services to a client. Servers are designed to
receive request messages from clients; perform the desired operations, such as
database inquiries or updates, security verifications, numerical calculations, or data
routing to other computer systems; and return reply messages to the clients.
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servlet
A server-side Java program that any World Wide Web browser can access. It inherits










