HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 198)

internationalization.
The process of designing and coding software so that it can be adapted to meet the needs of
different languages, cultures, and character sets, with the ability to handle various linguistic and
cultural conventions. Internationalization methods enable the processing of character-based data
independently of the underlying character encoding, allowing choice among character sets.
Sometimes referred to as “I18N,” derived from the 18 letters between the initial “I” and the final
“N” of the word “internationalization.”
See also
character set. .
interoperability. 1. Within a HP NonStop node, the ability to use the features or facilities of one environment
from another. For example, the gtacl command in the OSS environment allows an interactive
user to start and use a Guardian tool in the Guardian environment.
2. Among systems from multiple vendors or with multiple versions of operating systems from the
same vendor, the ability to exchange status, files, and other information. Product externals and
end-user publications for the NonStop range of servers often use the term “connectivity” in this
context, while other vendors use connectivity to mean hardware compatibility.
ISO International Organization for Standardization. ISO is an international body that drafts, discusses,
proposes, and specifies standards for network protocols. ISO is best known for its seven-layer
reference model that describes the conceptual organization of protocols.
ISO is sometimes called the “International Standards Organization”; although ISO is the official
abbreviation, it does not correspond to the organization’s name in any language.
ISO 10646 A universal coded character set that represents all characters and symbols from all commonly
used scripts and languages.
ISO 646. An ISO standard for representing characters in languages based on the Roman alphabet. Like
ASCII, ISO 646 uses only 7 bits of each 8-bit byte to represent data. Contrast with
ISO 8859 .
ISO 8859 A series of ISO standard 8-bit code sets used to represent languages based on many alphabets,
including Roman, Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Turkish, and Arabic. The ISO 8859 code sets are
used in international applications that must be data transparent. ASCII is a subset of each of the
ISO 8859 code sets.
ISO/IEC-conforming
POSIX.1
application. An application that does both the following:
Uses only the facilities described in ISO/IEC IS 9945-1:1990 and approved conforming
language bindings for any ISO or IEC standard.
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Is documented as using only the facilities described in ISO/IEC IS 9945-1:1990 and
approved conforming language bindings for any ISO or IEC standard.
job control. The Open System Services (OSS) features that allow processes to be stopped, continued, and
moved from or to the background.
L10N See localization. .
legacy system. An operating system that is not open but from which applications must be ported or users
transferred.
link A directory entry for a file.
link count. The number of directory entries that refer to a particular file.
link name. The filename associated with a specific file within a directory. The length of a filename, and
therefore the length of a link name, depends on the file system.
See also
filename. .
local mount A mount that attaches the fileset associated with a server to the specified mount point within the
local directory hierarchy. The local mount is visible within the Network File System (NFS) subsystem
and makes the files associated with the server available through the path associated with the
local mount point.
local operator. The person who performs routine system operations, such as starting and stopping the system,
loading and unloading tapes, and changing the air filter. The local operator is normally the
operator of the asynchronous system console for the node.
See also
operator. .
locale. The definition of the subset of a user’s environment that depends on language and cultural
conventions.
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