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Commonly Used Terms and Acronyms Using This Manual
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Commonly Used Terms and Acronyms
The following terms and acronyms are commonly associated with pSOSystem and
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ASR See asynchronous signaloutine.
asynchronous
signal routine
A function within an application that executes in response to an
asynchronous signal.
callout A function that a device driver uses to notify a pSOSystem component
of an interrupt event. A callout is called from an ISR.
FD File descriptor.
FLIST A contiguous sequence of blocks used to hold file descriptors on a
pHILE+ formatted volume.
ISR See interrupt service routine.
interrupt service
routine
A function within an application or device driver that takes control
of the system when the CPU has been triggered with an exception
from an external source.
KI See kernel interface.
kernel interface A user-provided communication layer between nodes in a multiprocessing
environment (pSOS+m).
NFS Network file system.
NI Network interface.
RSC See remote service call.
remote service
call
A service call made from one node to another in a multiprocessing
environment (pSOS+m).
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