CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  Glossary
    $allocation-class$ . . . access violation
    account . . . address access type
    address space . . . alphanumeric character
    alphanumeric UIC . . . ASMP
    asymmetric multiprocessing (ASMP) . . . attached processor
    attribute . . . automatic record locking
    available set . . . batch processing
    BCUG . . . boot server
    bootstrap block . . . bucket split
    buffer . . . cancel
    capability . . . character buffer
    character string . . . CMP
    collating sequence . . . command string
    common . . . condition
    condition codes . . . console
    console terminal . . . control station
    control and status register (CSR) . . . crash dump
    CRB . . . data check
    data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE) . . . DDT
    debug symbol table . . . dependable computing system
    descriptor . . . device lock
    device name . . . direct I/O
    direct mapping cache . . . distributed transaction processing
    DLM . . . driver dispatch table (DDT)
    driver fork level . . . ECB
    ECC . . . erasure pattern
    error . . . event flag
    event-flag cluster . . . executor node
    exit . . . failure
    failure exception mode . . . FDT routine
    F_floating-point data . . . file name
    file name extension . . . Files-11 On-Disk Structure Level 2
    first part of an instruction done (FPD) . . . fork process
    fork queue . . . function code
    function decision table (FDT) . . . Gold key
    GROUP . . . hierarchical storage controller (HSC)
    high-level language . . . image
    image activator . . . index file bitmap
    index register . . . interrupt
    interrupt dispatch block (IDB) . . . I/O function modifier
    I/O lockdown . . . ISR
    IV . . . keyword
    known component . . . level 1 router
    level 2 router . . . link access protocol (LAP)
    linker . . . local node
    local symbol . . . locking a page in the working set
    log . . . logical I/O function
    logical link . . . mailbox
    main memory . . . MBZ
    MCR . . . MME
    modem . . . multicast addressing
    multicast group address . . . native image
    native mode . . . node
    node address . . . object
    object module . . . OPCOM
    open account . . . owner process
    P0 . . . packet
    packet assembly/disassembly (PAD) facility . . . page marker
    page table . . . PC
    PCB . . . physical block number
    physical I/O functions . . . primary vector
    priority . . . process control block base register (PCBB)
    process header . . . process space
    processor register . . . programmer number
    project number . . . PTE
    public volume . . . RAB
    random access . . . record access mode
    record access mode switching . . . reentrant code
    reentrant service . . . remote node
    reorganization . . . RMS-11
    round robin . . . scalar
    scalar consumer . . . search string
    secondary password . . . sequential access mode
    sequential file organization . . . single point of failure
    sink node . . . source file
    source member . . . stack
    stack frame . . . store through
    stream . . . supervisor mode
    supervisor-mode stack pointer (SSP) . . . symbol table
    symbolic debugger . . . system control block base register (SCBB)
    system-defined identifier . . . system region
    system services . . . terminal server
    text buffer . . . timeslicing
    TMSCP . . . translation buffer
    translation-not-valid fault . . . two-way associative cache
    type-ahead . . . uninterrupted service
    unit . . . user identification code (UIC)
    user mode . . . variable-length with fixed-length control field (VFC) record format
    VAXBI . . . vector-capable system
    vector consumer . . . virtual block number (VBN)
    virtual circuit . . . volume
    volume control block (VCB) . . . WDCS
    weak definition . . . writing
    write access type . . . XQP
    Y-connector . . . zone