ClearPath IX Systems Installation and Configuration Guide

Glossary
central electronics complex (CEC)
Comprises the instruction processors, cache complex, main storage units, input/output
complex, and the system control and operation complex, all housed in a modular set of
cabinets.
central processing module (CPM)
TBS
CERN
CGI
Abbreviation for Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (European Laboratory for
Particle Physics), the origin of the World Wide Web. CERN is where much of the original
Web software was developed, including the first Web server and Web browser software.
See common gateway interface.
channel service I/O processor (CSIOP)
A processor that handles input/output operations between instruction processors and
channels in the 2200 Series component of ClearPath HMP IX servers.
CHC
See console hardware cabinet.
check box
A small box in a dialog box or property page in Windows NT that can be selected or
cleared. Check boxes represent an option that you can turn on or off. When a check box
is selected, an X appears in the box. You clear a check box by clicking it, or by selecting it
and then pressing the Spacebar.
classification
A defined set of component classes that can be monitored simultaneously by Status. A
classification is independent of a particular SPO Console configuration.
click
client
cluster
To press and release a mouse button quickly.
Typically, a desktop personal computer that communicates with other PCs, a server, or a
host computer.
A group of independent systems managed as a single system for higher availability, easier
manageability, and greater scalability. See also resilient cluster.
Cluster Administrator
Client application in Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) used to configure a Windows NT
cluster and its nodes, groups, and resources.
COM
CMOS
See Component Object Module
See complementary metal-oxide semiconductor.
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