TNS/R Native Application Migration Guide

TNS/R Native Application Migration Guide—523745-001
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Glossary
accelerate. To use the Accelerator program to generate an accelerated object file.
accelerated mode. The operational environment in which Accelerator-generated RISC
instructions execute.
accelerated object code. The RISC instructions that result from processing a TNS object
file with the Accelerator.
accelerated object file. The object file that results from processing a TNS object file with
the Accelerator. An accelerated object file contains the original TNS object code, the
accelerated object code and related address map tables, and any Binder and symbol
information from the original TNS object file.
Accelerator. A program that processes a TNS object file and produces an accelerated
object file. Most TNS object code that has been accelerated runs faster on TNS/R
processors than TNS object code that has not been accelerated.
API. See application program interface (API).
application program interface (API). A set of functions or procedures that are called by an
application program to communicate with other software components.
CISC. See complex instruction-set computing (CISC).
COBOL85 compiler. A TNS compiler for the COBOL85 language.
complex instruction-set computing (CISC). A processor architecture based on a large
instruction set, characterized by numerous addressing modes, multicycle machine
instructions, and many special-purpose instructions. Contrast with “reduced instruction-
set computing (RISC).”
Guardian. An environment available for interactive or programmatic use with the NonStop
Kernel. Processes that run in the Guardian environment use the Guardian system
procedure calls as their application program interface; interactive users of the Guardian
environment use the HP Advanced Command Language (TACL) or another HP
product’s command interpreter. Contrast with “Open System Services (OSS).”
Guardian environment. The Guardian API, tools, and utilities.
linking. The operating of examining, collecting, linking, and modifying code and data blocks
from one or more object files to produce a target object file.
native link editor. See nld utility.
native mode. See TNS/R native mode.
native object code. See TNS/R native object code.