NonStop System Glossary

backup processor
A processor running the NonStop 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).
BIND
1. The command that starts the Binder. You use the Binder to bind (link) separately complied TNS
object modules or files (file code 100 files) into a new TNS object file. You can also use the Binder
to manipulate the file attributes of an existing TNS object file.
2. Berkeley Internet Name Domain, a standardized implementation of a domain name server that
runs on many operating systems including the NonStop operating system. See also Domain Name
System (DNS).
Binder
A programming utility that combines TNS object code files for one or more compilation units 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.
BIST
Built-in self-test.
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.
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