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file containing customized
profile. (1) A
settings for a system or user (2) Data
describing the significant features of a
user, program, or device.
A displayed request for
prompt (n.).
information or operator action.
recovery procedure.
performed by the operator when an error
message appears on the display screen.
Usually, this action permits the program
to continue or permits the operator to run
the next job. (2) The method of returning
the system to the point where a major
system error occurred and running the
recent critical jobs again.
A set of statements in a
routine.
program causing the system to perform an
operation or a series of related operations.
To cause a program, utility, or
run.
other machine function to be performed.
(1) The process or act of preparing
setup.
and adjusting a machine or device for its
assigned work. (2) The way in which the
system unit and the external devices are
arranged.
See
shell. shell program.
program that accepts
shell program. A
and interprets commands for the operating
system (there is an
AIX
a DOS shell program).
Programs.
software.
(1) An action
shell program and
The computer and its associated
system .
devices and programs.
A printout of storage
system dump.
from all active programs (and their
associated data) whenever an error stops
the system. Contrast with
A file containing the
system profile.
default values used in system operations.
A person who uses a
system user.
computer system.
A basic unit of work to be
task.
performed. Examples are a user task, a
server task, and a processor task.
A printout of storage from a
task dump.
program that failed (and its associated
data). Contrast with
To record data that provides a
trace.
history of events occurring in the system.
Two seven-segment
two-digit display.
light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the
operator panel used to track the progress
of power-on self-tests (POSTs).
A service; in programming, a
utility.
program that performs a common service
function.
Volume ID (Vol ID).
characters recorded on the diskette used
to identify the diskette to the user and to
the system.
task dump.
system dump.
A series of
Glossary
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