Pathway Products Glossary

Glossary
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no-early-reply rule
no-early-reply rule. The rule that states that when a server process reads a request message,
it should completely process the request before it replies to it.
nondedicated device. A term formerly used for a terminal or other input/output device on
which a Pathway application could be started from PATHCOM with a RUN
PROGRAM command. The RUN PROGRAM command results in the creation of a
temporary TERM object to control the terminal. (No new term replaces this term;
instead, such devices are now referred to as those associated with temporary TERM
objects.) See also dedicated device
and temporary TERM object.
noninteractive mode. An operating mode in which commands are entered through a
command file.
NonStop™ Kernel. The operating system on NonStop™ Himalaya systems. The operating
system does not include any application program interfaces (APIs).
NonStop™ Remote Server Call/MP (RSC/MP). See RSC/MP
.
NonStop™ SQL/MP. See SQL/MP
.
NonStop™ Transaction Manager/MP (NonStop™ TM/MP). A Compaq software product
that runs on NonStop™ Himalaya systems and provides transaction management,
transaction protection, and database consistency in online transaction processing
(OLTP) environments. It gives full protection to transactions that access SQL/MP and
Enscribe databases, as well as recovery capabilities for transactions, online disk
volumes, and entire databases. The component of NonStop™ TM/MP that provides
these features is the TMF subsystem. See also Transaction Management Facility (TMF)
subsystem.
NonStop™ Transaction Services/MP (NonStop™ TS/MP). A Compaq product that
provides process management and link management functions for OLTP applications on
NonStop™ Himalaya systems. NonStop™ TS/MP consists of the PATHMON process,
the LINKMON process, the PATHCOM process and interface, and the Pathsend
procedures. Together with NonStop™ Transaction Manager/MP (NonStop™ TM/MP),
NonStop™ TS/MP forms the foundation for Compaq’s open transaction processing
services on NonStop™ Himalaya systems, including those provided by the RSC/MP
product and the NonStop™ TUXEDO system. See also Pathway/iTS
and NonStop™
Transaction Manager/MP (NonStop™ TM/MP).
NonStop™ TUXEDO application. The collection of machines, servers and services, and
System/T components defined by a single configuration file in the NonStop™
TUXEDO environment. See also NonStop™ TUXEDO transaction processing
environment and Pathway application.
NonStop™ TUXEDO environment. See NonStop™ TUXEDO transaction processing
environment.
NonStop™ TUXEDO native client. See native System/T client
.