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localization.
The process of adapting computer interfaces, data, and documentation to the culturally accepted
way of presenting information in the culture. Sometimes referred to as “L10N,” derived from the
10 letters between the initial “L” and the final “N” of the word “localization.”
login name.
A user name associated with a session.
login.
The activity by which a user establishes a locally authenticated identity on a HP NonStop server
node. Each login has one login name.
man page.
The online or hard-copy version of a file that provides reference manual information. See
manager.
1. For a HP NonStop system, the person responsible for day-to-day monitoring and maintenance
tasks associated with a software subsystem on a NonStop node.
2. For a UNIX system, any person in Management and Information Services management for the
site.
member.
An addressable entry within a data structure. A member can be a simple field or a data structure.
mode.
The set of attributes that specify the type and access permissions for a file.
See also
.
mount point.
A directory that contains a mounted fileset. The mounted fileset can be in a different file system.
mount.
To make a fileset accessible to the users of a node.
national-standards-body conforming POSIX.1 application.
National-standards-body 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 standards of
a specific member of the ISO or IEC (the national standards body).
•
Documents use of only the facilities described in ISO/IEC IS 9945-1:1990 and approved
standards of a specific member of the ISO or IEC (the national standards body) and
documents all options and dependencies on limits.
noncanonical input
mode.
A terminal input mode in which data is made available to a process when a timer expires or
when a certain number of characters have been entered. Noncanonical data is not grouped into
logical lines of input. This mode is sometimes called block mode or transparent mode. Contrast
with
NonStop Open
System Services
See
HP NonStop Open System Services (OSS)
.
NonStop operating
system.
See
null string
A character string that begins with one or more null characters and is logically empty.
object file.
A file generated by a compiler, binder, or linker 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 binding or linking with other object files before execution.
obsolescent.
An indication that a feature or facility exists for compatibility with older versions or drafts of a
standard. Obsolescent features or facilities should not be used, because they might be removed
from future versions of a standard and therefore might not be portable.
open file
description.
A data structure within a HP NonStop node that contains information about the access of a process
or of a group of processes to a file. An open file description records such attributes as the file
offset, file status, and file access modes. An open file description is associated with only one
open file but can be associated with one or more file descriptors.
open file.
A file with a file descriptor.
open migration
The set of events and outcomes that occur when an open file description is inherited by a child
process in a different processor than its parent process. Contrast with
open propagation.
The set of events and outcomes that occur when an open file description is inherited by a child
process in the same processor as the parent process. Contrast with
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