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

Glossary
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TEDIT
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.
terminal data area (TDA). In SCREEN COBOL, the area that the TCP allocates for
terminal context data. The MAXTERMDATA parameter of the PATHCOM SET TCP
command defines the upper limit for this data area.
TERM object. A definition of a task that uses a SCREEN COBOL program to control an
input/output device such as a terminal or workstation, or an input/output process such as
a front-end process. A TERM object can be either explicitly configured with an ADD
command or created by the PATHMON process through a PATHCOM RUN
PROGRAM or SPI START PROG command. TERM objects created by the latter
method are called temporary TERM objects. See also configured TERM object and
temporary TERM object.
thaw condition. A condition in which prohibition of communication between a terminal and
a server class is lifted. See also freeze condition.
thread. A task that is separately dispatched and that represents a sequential flow of control
within a process (for example, a TCP).