TRANSFER Programming Manual

Contents
069138, Update 1 to 040970 Tandem Computers Incorporated v
New and Changed Information iii
About This Manual xv
Notation Conventions xix
Section 1 An Overview of the TRANSFER Delivery System
TRANSFER Applications 1-3
End-to-End Communication 1-3
Extended Transaction Processing 1-4
Advantages of the TRANSFER Delivery System 1-5
Limitations of the TRANSFER Delivery System 1-5
The TRANSFER Environment 1-6
Types of Application Processes 1-6
TRANSFER Objects 1-7
Section 2 TRANSFER Application Components
Clients 2-3
Examples of Clients 2-3
Language Considerations 2-4
Agents 2-5
Examples of Agents 2-6
Clients and Agents Compared 2-7
Specialized Servers 2-8
TRANSFER Interactive Server (TISERV) 2-9
TRANSFER Asynchronous Processes 2-10
Scheduler (TSCHED) 2-10
TRANSFER Asynchronous Requesters (TAREQs) 2-11
TFRONT Pseudoterminals 2-13
TRANSFER Network Receiver (TRECV) 2-13
TRANSFER Worker Server (TWORK) 2-13
System Management Server (SMSERV) 2-13
Sampling Program (TSAMPLE) 2-13
Name Server (NAMESRV) 2-13
Text Server (TEXTSRV) 2-14
Interprocess Communication 2-14