Software Terminology - HP 9000 Series 310 Service Information Manual

Assemblies
Assemblies in the computer and bus expander are made of several component parts. Identifying
tenns used in this rnanual are:
• Cards - Assemblies installed in the I/O card cage slots .
• I/O Card - A card that outputs to and inputs from a peripheral device. They are
installed in I/O slots. For example, an RS-232 I/O card.
• Accessory Card - A card that only operates on the I/O bus and does not talk. to
a peripheral device. They are installed in either I/O or accessory card slots.
• Boards - Assenlblies installed in the two computer system slots, or inside the product.
Boards are not usually removed or installed by users.
• Backplane - The board in the card cage with connectors for cards to plug into. In the
computer, there's four connectors; in the bus expander, there are eight.
Software Terminology
As used in this manual, software refers to information stored in, or on a device. Typically, this
information can be changed and can be transferred to another location in the computer system.
Types of software are:
• Firmware - The data or instructions in Read-Only-Memory (ROM) chips.
• Operating Systems - Computer languages, such as BASIC, Pascal, and HP-UX. They
have various commands, statements, and keywords that when executed by the CPU in a
particular sequence, cause computer to manipulate data to some desired end result.
• Application Program - A series of operating system program lines in a specific sequence to
cause specific actions, such as accounting, electro-mechanical design, data sampling and
output, etc. This information is sometimes referred to as software as it is information that
is stored in or on a medium and can be transferred.
Prod uct Information
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