Compaq Reliable Transaction Router - Manual (Page 70)

endian
The byte-ordering of multibyte values. Big endian: high-order
byte at starting address; little endian: low-order byte at starting
address.
event
RTR or application-generated information about an application
or RTR.
event driven
A processing model in which the application receives messages
and events by registering handlers with the transaction
controller. These handlers are derived from the C++ foundation
class message and event-handler classes.
event handler
A C++ API-derived object used in event-driven processing that
processes events.
facility
The mapping between nodes and roles used by RTR and
established when the facility is created.
facility manager
A C++ API management class that creates and deletes facilities.
facility member
A defined entity within a facility. A facility member is a role and
node combined. Can be a client, router or server.
failover
The ability to continue operation on a second system when the
first has failed or become disconnected.
failure tolerant
Software that enables an application to continue when failures
such as node or site outages occur. Failover is automatic.
fault tolerant
Hardware built with redundant components to ensure that
processing survives component failure.
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