TS/MP System Management Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+)

Glossary
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intelligent mode
intelligent mode. An operating mode in which data and messages are sent between an
intelligent device and the Pathway environment. See also conversational mode
(definition 1), intelligent device, and message-oriented requester.
interactive mode. An operating mode in which commands are entered from a terminal
keyboard.
interoperability. The ability to communicate, execute programs, or transfer data between
dissimilar environments.
interoperate. To communicate, execute programs, or transfer data between dissimilar
environments.
interprocess communication (IPC) message. The unit of communication between
requesters and servers. An IPC message consists of a request message and a reply
message.
I/O process. In the Guardian environment, a system process to manage input/output
devices. Applications use the Guardian file system to send requests to I/O processes.
See also file system.
IPC message. See interprocess communication (IPC) message.
keyword. A word in a command string or programming language that must be spelled and
positioned in a prescribed way, usually to indicate the meaning of an adjacent
parameter.
library. A set of related files or common files that can be accessed by multiple programs or
processes.
linear expandability. See scalability.
link. (1) An open of a server process within a server class. When a link manager—that is, a
TCP or a LINKMON process—sends a request to a PATHMON process for a link to a
server in a specified server class, the PATHMON process selects a server process in
that server class (possibly starting a new server process if necessary) and then returns
the name of the server process to the requesting link manager. See also link granting
and link manager. (2) To examine, collect, associate together, and modify code and
data blocks from one or more object files to produce a target object file. On Tandem
NonStop systems, linking for TNS/R native object files is performed by the nld utility.
link access. The actual transfer of data from a requester to a server process. In the
Pathway environment, link access is provided by TCPs and LINKMON processes.
See also link granting.
link granting. The process of selecting a particular server process in a server class to
handle a request from a link manager (TCP or LINKMON process) on behalf of a
requester. In the Pathway environment, link granting is done by the PATHMON
process. See also link and link access.