pTAL Guidelines for TAL Programmers

Glossary
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TNS/R native mode
TNS/R native mode. The primary execution environment on a TNS/R system, in which
native-compiled MIPS object code executes, following TNS/R native-mode compiler
conventions for data locations, addressing, stack frames, registers, and call linkage.
Compare to TNS interpreted mode and TNS accelerated mode. See also TNS/E native
mode.
TNS/R native object code. The MIPS RISC instructions that result from processing
program source code with a TNS/R native compiler. TNS/R native object code
executes only on TNS/R systems, not on TNS systems or TNS/E systems.
TNS/R native object file. An object file created by a TNS/R native compiler that contains
MIPS RISC instructions and other information needed to construct the code spaces
and the initial data for a TNS/R native process.
TNS/R native process. A process initiated by executing a TNS/R native object file.
Compare to TNS process and TNS/E native process.
word. An instruction-set-defined unit of memory that corresponds to the width of registers
and to the most common and efficient size of memory operations. A TNS word is 2
bytes (16 bits), beginning on any 2-byte boundary in memory. A native word is 4 bytes
(32 bits), beginning on any 4-byte boundary in memory.