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

Glossary
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OBEY command
Tandem NonStop Kernel, NonStop Transaction Services/MP, and
NonStop Transaction Manager/MP. See also Pathway transaction processing
environment.
OBEY command. A command in a Tandem interactive interface, such as PATHCOM or the
SCREEN COBOL Utility Program (SCUP), that allows users to execute the commands
in a command file. See also command file.
object. An entity that is subject to independent reference or control by one or more
subsystems. Examples of objects are devices, communications lines, processes, and
files. In the PATHMON environment, the types of objects referred to or controlled by
PATHCOM are PATHMON, PATHWAY, LINKMON, SERVER, TCP, TERM,
PROGRAM, and TELL. The PATHWAY object, used with the SET PATHWAY and
STATUS PATHWAY commands, refers to an entire PATHMON environment. The
LINKMON object is only referred to, not controlled, by PATHCOM: that is, users can
use PATHCOM to obtain information about LINKMON processes but cannot use it to
make any changes in the configuration or state of those processes. See also
PATHMON environment.
object attributes. See attributes.
object file. A file generated by a compiler, linker, or binder that contains machine
instructions and other information needed to construct the executable code spaces and
initial data for a process. The file can be a complete program that is ready for
immediate execution, or it can be incomplete and require linking with other object files
before execution. Compilers for languages such as COBOL produce object code. See
also pseudocode file.
object type. In the Subsystem Programmatic Interface (SPI) or in an interactive interface
such as PATHCOM, a category of objects to which a specific object belongs. Object
types for PATHCOM include PATHMON, PATHWAY, LINKMON, SERVER, TCP,
TERM, PROGRAM, and TELL. The SPI interface to the Pathway subsystem uses
different names for some of these object types and defines additional object types; for
example, PM, LM, PROGTERM, and TCPTERM are object types in the SPI interface.
OLTP. See online transaction processing (OLTP).
OLTP application. See online transaction processing (OLTP) application.
online transaction processing (OLTP). A method of processing transactions in which
entered transactions are immediately applied to the database. The information within
the database is readily available to all users through online screens and printed
reports. The transactions are processed while the requester waits, as opposed to
queued or batched transactions, which are processed at a later time. Online
transaction processing can be used for many different kinds of business tasks such as
order processing, inventory control, accounting functions, and banking operations. See
also batch processing.