TS/MP Pathsend and Server Programming Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+)

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client/transaction server model
personal computers to a host computer system by means of supported communications
protocols. See also requester/server model.
client/transaction server model. A model for client/server applications. The
client/transaction server model is the model of choice for high-volume OLTP
applications in which transaction volume is great and the processing requirements
change infrequently.
In the Tandem environment, an application following this model divides processing
between a client running on a workstation and servers running on a Tandem system. The
client handles the user interface and business logic and processing. The servers store
information for use by the client and handle database input and output functions.
Interprocess communication (IPC) messages transfer data between client and server.
COBOL85. The Tandem compiler and run-time support for the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) programming language COBOL, X.3.23-1985. Pathway server
processes are often written in this language.
cold start. The operation that starts a PATHMON environment for the first time. This
operation either creates a new PATHMON configuration file (PATHCTL file) that
defines the PATHMON environment and its objects or overwrites an existing
PATHMON configuration file (which effectively creates a new PATHMON
environment). See also cool start.
command file. A file that serves as a source for command input. For example, users can
prepare a command file containing PATHCOM or SCREEN COBOL Utility Program
(SCUP) commands. They can then cause the commands in the file to be executed by
issuing the PATHCOM or SCUP OBEY command and specifying the name of the file.
Alternatively, they can specify this file as the input file when they execute PATHCOM or
SCUP.
command interpreter. An interactive program used to run programs, check system status,
create and delete disk files, and alter hardware states.
command terminal. A terminal at which a system manager or operator enters commands for
configuration and management, such as the PATHCOM commands that configure and
manage a PATHMON environment. See also application terminal.
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. See also reduced instruction-set
computing (RISC).
configuration. The definition or alteration of characteristics of an object. See also object.
configured TERM object. A TERM object that is explicitly configured with an ADD TERM
command. Such a TERM object exists until it is explicitly deleted. Names of configured
TERM objects begin with a letter. See also temporary TERM object and TERM object.
consistency. See database consistency.