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This glossary defines terms commonly used in the Transaction Processing
Facility (TPF) system information that are not common to data processing in
general, or data processing terms common to other systems that are uniquely
defined by the TPF system. Some of these terms may have other meanings
in other contexts or in other data processing systems. Commonly defined
data processing terms are not usually included here; however, some such
terms that are widely used in the TPF system, and critical to its
understanding, are included.
This glossary includes terms and definitions from:
- The IBM Dictionary of Computing (New York: McGraw-Hill,
1994).
- Information Technology--Portable Operating System Interface for
Computer Environments (POSIX), from the POSIX series of standards for
applications and user interfaces to open systems, copyrighted by the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Copies of all POSIX
drafts and standards may be purchased from the IEEE by calling
1-800-678-IEEE.
- Definitions identified by (POSIX.0) are from Part
0: Standards Project, Draft Guide to the POSIX Open System Environment,
P1003.0 Draft 15 (June 1992), an unapproved draft subject to
change.
- Definitions identified by (POSIX.1) are from Part
1: System Application Program Interface (API) C Language,
approved September 28, 1990, as IEEE Std 1003.1-1990 by the IEEE
Standards Board, and adopted in 1990 as an International Standard (ISO/IEC
9945-1: 1990) by the International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
- Definitions identified by (POSIX.2) are from Part
2: Shell and Utilities, P1003.2.
- The American National Standard Dictionary for Information
Systems, ANSI X3.172-1990, copyright 1990 by the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI). Copies may be purchased from the
American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, New York
10036. Definitions are identified by the symbol (A) after
the definition.
- The Information Technology Vocabulary, developed by
Subcommittee 1, Joint Technical Committee 1, of the International Organization
for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission
(ISO/IEC JTC1/SC1). Definitions of published
parts of this vocabulary are identified by the symbol (I) after
the definition; definitions taken from draft international standards,
committee drafts, and working papers being developed by ISO/IEC
JTC1/SC1 are identified by the symbol (T) after the
definition, indicating that final agreement has not yet been reached among
participating National Bodies of SC1.
- The Open Software Foundation (OSF). These
definitions are identified by the symbol (OSF) after the
definition. Copies of OSF documents may be obtained from the Open
Software Foundation, Inc., 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
02142.
The following cross-references are used in this glossary:
Contrast with. This refers to a term that has an opposed
or substantively different meaning.
Synonym for. This indicates that the term has the same
meaning as a preferred term, which is defined in its proper place in the
glossary.
Synonymous with. This is a backward reference from a
defined term to all other terms that have the same meaning.
See. This refers the reader to a more commonly used term
or to multiple-word terms in which the term appears.
See also. This refers the reader to terms that have a
related, but not synonymous, meaning.
Deprecated term for. This indicates that the term should
not be used. It refers to a preferred term, which is defined in its
proper place in the glossary.