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

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Tandem NonStop Series/RISC (TNS/R)
TNS processors implement the TNS instruction set. See also complex instruction-set
computing (CISC) and Tandem NonStop Series/RISC (TNS/R).
Tandem NonStop Series/RISC (TNS/R). Tandem computers that support the Tandem
NonStop Kernel and that are based on reduced instruction-set computing (RISC)
technology. TNS/R processors implement the RISC instruction set and are upwardly
compatible with the TNS system-level architecture. See also reduced instruction-set
computing (RISC) and Tandem NonStop Series (TNS).
task. The sequence of SCREEN COBOL program units that are executed as a result of a
PATHCOM START TERM or RUN PROGRAM command or an SPI START TERM or
START PROG command.
TCLPROG file. A SCREEN COBOL object library file.
TCP. See terminal control process (TCP).
TDA. See terminal data area (TDA).
TEDIT. A Tandem text editor used to create or modify a source text file. Also called PS Text
Edit.
tell message. An informational message sent by PATHCOM or a management application to
one or more terminals controlled by a SCREEN COBOL program, to be displayed for
the terminal operators.
TELL object. A temporary object used in PATHCOM and SPI commands to define a tell
message.
temporary TERM object. A TERM object created by the PATHMON process when a
PATHCOM RUN PROGRAM command or an SPI START PROG command is issued.
Temporary TERM objects are deleted by the PATHMON process when application
processing is completed or when a STOP TERM or ABORT TERM command is issued.
Names of temporary TERM objects begin with a number. See also configured TERM
object and TERM object.
terminal. An I/O device capable of sending and receiving information over communications
lines.
terminal context. Data maintained by a TCP for each active terminal under its control.
terminal control process (TCP). A process used for terminal management and transaction
control, provided by Tandem as part of the Pathway/TS product. A TCP is a
multithreaded process that interprets compiled SCREEN COBOL requester programs
(screen programs) in the user’s application, executing the appropriate program
instructions for each I/O device or process the TCP is configured to handle. The TCP
coordinates communication between screen programs and their I/O devices or processes
and, with the help of the PATHMON process, establishes links between screen programs
and server processes. See also requester and SCREEN COBOL.