CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  glossary
    $allocation-class$ . . . access violation
    account . . . address access type
    address space . . . American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
    ancillary control process (ACP) . . . assembly language
    assigning a channel . . . authentication
    authorization file . . . bandwidth
    base operand address . . . bits per inch (bpi)
    block . . . breakin attempt
    broadcast addressing . . . cache memory
    call . . . CF
    channel . . . closed user group (CUG)
    cluster . . . command node
    command parameter . . . computer memory interconnect (CMI)
    concealed device . . . consistent
    console . . . control region page table (P1PT)
    control station . . . crash
    crash dump . . . data
    data check . . . DDT
    debug symbol table . . . designated router
    detached process . . . device register
    device unit . . . directory name
    disconnect abort . . . double floating data
    downline system load . . . DSSI: DIGITAL Storage Systems Interconnect
    DST . . . encryption
    end node . . . ESR
    Ethernet . . . exception service routine
    executable image . . . extension
    extent . . . FDT
    FDT routine . . . file identifier (FID)
    file name . . . Files-11 On-Disk Structure Level 1
    Files-11 On-Disk Structure Level 2 . . . fork lock
    fork process . . . function code
    function decision table (FDT) . . . gold key
    GROUP . . . high-level language
    highwater marking . . . image exit
    image I/O segment . . . indexed addressing mode
    indexed file organization . . . interrupt message
    interrupt priority level (IPL) . . . I/O request packet (IRP)
    I/O rundown . . . job
    job controller . . . KSP
    label . . . lexical function
    librarian . . . linking
    literal mode . . . locality
    locate mode . . . logging
    logging file . . . logical name
    logical name table . . . manual record unlocking
    mapping window . . . member unit
    memory . . . monitor console routine (MCR)
    mounting a volume . . . multiprocessing system
    multiprogramming . . . network ancillary control program (NACP)
    network connect block (NCB) . . . nonprivileged
    nonrouting node . . . octal number
    offset . . . operator
    operator communication manager (OPCOM) . . . P1
    P1 through P8 . . . packet switching data network (PSDN)
    page . . . parallel processing
    parameter . . . permanent virtual circuit (PVC)
    per-process address space . . . point-to-point circuit
    polling . . . privileged
    procedure . . . process I/O segment
    process name . . . program counter (PC)
    program locality . . . proxy login
    PSECT . . . quadword
    qualifier . . . reachable node
    read . . . record length
    record locking . . . relative volume number
    remote device . . . rights database
    rights list . . . satellite node
    SBI . . . SCS
    search list . . . selective crash dump
    semaphore . . . signal
    sink node . . . source member
    source program . . . stack frame
    stack pointer (SP) . . . store through
    stream . . . supervisor mode
    supervisor mode stack pointer . . . symbol table
    symbolic debugger . . . system control block base register (SCBB)
    system-defined identifier . . . system region
    system services . . . text buffer
    TFF . . . transaction manager
    transaction processing . . . Trojan horse program
    turnkey account . . . UIC
    unblocked record . . . user authorization file (UAF)
    User Environment Test Package (UETP) . . . value return registers
    variable-length bit field (VBF) . . . VCB
    vector . . . video terminal
    virtual address . . . volatile database
    volume . . . WDCS
    weak definition . . . write allocate
    write back . . . XQP