HP 748 Owner's Manual page 148

Glossary
mount directory The directory in an
existing file system that is the root direc-
tory of a mounted auxiliary file system.
multiuser state The condition of the
HP-UX operating system in which the
cluster nodes (and console) allow com-
munication between the system and all
its users.
Native Language Support (NLS) A
feature of HP-UX that provides the user
with internationalized software and the
application programmer with tools to de-
velop this software.
NFS Network File Services.
NFS file system A file system accessi-
ble over a network via the NFS Services
product.
node name A unique string used to
identify each node in a cluster.
operating system The contents of /hp-
ux, including the kernel, commands, in-
put-output control, system accounting,
storage assignment, and other services.
Also see kernel.
owner The owner of a file, usually the
creator of that file. However, the owner-
ship of a file can be changed by the supe-
ruser or the current owner with the
chown(1) command or the chown(2) sys-
tem call.
password An encrypted sequence of
characters used by HP-UX to identify an
authorized user and to permit authorized
login on a system.
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path name A sequence of directory
names, separated by slashes, which spec-
ify the location of any file or directory.
PDC Processor-Dependent Code.
Firmware (such as the boot ROM) that
implements all processor-dependent
functionality, including initialization and
self-test of the processor.
PID Process identity (number).
Posix Shell POSIX-compliant version
of the Korn Shell.
primary boot path The first address at
which the firmware searches for a boot
device.
process An invocation of a program.
Generally, process refers to a program
running in memory, while program is
the code stored on disk.
process ID A unique identification
number assigned to all processes by the
operating system. Also see PID.
pty Pseudo-terminal.
RAM Random-access memory.
regular expression A string of charac-
ters that selects text.
relative path name The name of a file,
listing all the directories leading to that
file in relation to the current working di-
rectory.
ROM Read-only memory.