Return to glossary CVS log

Up to [Research Unix] / researchv10dc / man / adm / man0

Annotation of researchv10dc/man/adm/man0/glossary, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: .de H
        !             2: .LP
        !             3: .in 1n
        !             4: .ti 0
        !             5: .HI \\$1 \\$2 \\$3 \\$4 \\$5 \\$6
        !             6: ..
        !             7: .de HI
        !             8: .B
        !             9: \\$1 \\$2 \\$3 \\$4 \\$5 \\$6
        !            10: .R
        !            11: ..
        !            12: .de C
        !            13: .I
        !            14: .if \\n(.$=1 \\$1
        !            15: .if \\n(.$=2 \\$1 \\$2
        !            16: .if \\n(.$=3 \\$1 \\$2 \\$3
        !            17: .if \\n(.$=4 \\$1 \\$2 \\$3 \\$4
        !            18: .if \\n(.$=5 \\$1 \\$2 \\$3 \\$4 \\$5
        !            19: .if \\n(.$=6 \\$1 \\$2 \\$3 \\$4 \\$5 \\$6
        !            20: .R
        !            21: ..
        !            22: .rs
        !            23: .SP .5i
        !            24: .TL
        !            25: GLOSSARY
        !            26: .SP 2
        !            27: .LP
        !            28: This glossary covers major terms that have special meaning for the
        !            29: UNIX system.
        !            30: It excludes ordinary terms of art such as
        !            31: `ASCII', `compiler', `address space', or `byte'.
        !            32: It also excludes most terms peculiar to a single part of UNIX, e.g.
        !            33: `diversion' (\fItroff\fR), `enumeration' (C),
        !            34: or `pattern space' (\fIsed\fR).
        !            35: .SP 1.3v
        !            36: .nr PS 9
        !            37: .nr VS 10
        !            38: .2C
        !            39: .H absolute pathname\ 
        !            40: same as
        !            41: .C full pathname.
        !            42: .nr PD 1u
        !            43: .H access time\ 
        !            44: the most recent
        !            45: .C time
        !            46: at which the contents of a 
        !            47: .C file
        !            48: [2] were read or
        !            49: .C executed
        !            50: [2]; cf.\&
        !            51: .C modification time.
        !            52: .H alarm\ 
        !            53: a
        !            54: .C signal
        !            55: scheduled by the clock.
        !            56: .H a.out\ 
        !            57: the default name of a freshly compiled
        !            58: .C object file,
        !            59: pronounced `A-dot-out';
        !            60: historically 
        !            61: .CW a.out
        !            62: signified assembler output.
        !            63: .H archive\ 
        !            64: 1.\&
        !            65: a collection of data gathered from several
        !            66: .C files
        !            67: into one file.
        !            68: 2.\&
        !            69: especially, such a collection gathered by
        !            70: .I ar (1)
        !            71: for use as a
        !            72: .C library.
        !            73: .H argument\ 
        !            74: 1.\&
        !            75: a
        !            76: string made available to a
        !            77: .C process
        !            78: upon
        !            79: .C executing
        !            80: a
        !            81: .C file.
        !            82: 2.\&
        !            83: a string in a
        !            84: .C command,
        !            85: which the
        !            86: .C shell
        !            87: [1] will pass to the command program
        !            88: as an argument [1].
        !            89: .H ASCII file\ 
        !            90: same as
        !            91: .C text file.
        !            92: .H automatic\ 
        !            93: persistent only during the invocation of a procedure, said of
        !            94: data belonging to a
        !            95: .C process;
        !            96: automatic data occupies the
        !            97: .C stack segment;
        !            98: cf.\&
        !            99: .C static.
        !           100: .H background\ 
        !           101: running independently of a
        !           102: terminal, said of a
        !           103: .C process;
        !           104: converse of
        !           105: .C foreground.
        !           106: .H basename\ 
        !           107: 1.\&
        !           108: the last component of a
        !           109: .C pathname;
        !           110: the basename of
        !           111: .CW /bin/proc
        !           112: is
        !           113: .CW proc .
        !           114: 2.\&
        !           115: occasionally a basename [1] with conventional
        !           116: suffixes removed; see
        !           117: .I basename (1).
        !           118: .H blit\ 
        !           119: vernacular name for a prototype
        !           120: Teletype 5620 terminal; cf.\&
        !           121: .C jerq.
        !           122: .H block\ 
        !           123: the basic unit of
        !           124: .C buffering
        !           125: [1]
        !           126: in a
        !           127: .C file system
        !           128: [3], 1024 or 4096 bytes in this system.
        !           129: .H block device\ 
        !           130: a
        !           131: .C device
        !           132: that may contain a
        !           133: .C file system
        !           134: [3],
        !           135: typically a permanent storage device such as a tape or
        !           136: disk drive; the unit of data transfer is one
        !           137: .C block;
        !           138: cf.\&
        !           139: .C character device.
        !           140: .H boot\ 
        !           141: to start the operating system, so called because the
        !           142: .C kernel
        !           143: must bootstrap itself from secondary store into an empty machine.
        !           144: No
        !           145: .C login
        !           146: [3]
        !           147: or
        !           148: .C process
        !           149: persists across a boot.
        !           150: .H boot block\ 
        !           151: the first block of a
        !           152: .C file system
        !           153: [1],
        !           154: which is reserved for a 
        !           155: .C booting 
        !           156: program.
        !           157: .H break\ 
        !           158: 1.\&
        !           159: an out-of-band signal on an asynchronous data line arising from
        !           160: the `break' or `interrupt' key on a terminal;
        !           161: before
        !           162: .C logging in
        !           163: a break causes a change in baud rate;
        !           164: thereafter it is interpreted as an
        !           165: .C interrupt.
        !           166: 2.\&
        !           167: a control statement in C or
        !           168: .I sh (1).
        !           169: 3.\&
        !           170: the
        !           171: .C program break.
        !           172: 4.\&
        !           173: in
        !           174: .I troff (1),
        !           175: a point in running text where a new line must begin.
        !           176: .H BSD\ 
        !           177: see
        !           178: .C UNIX.
        !           179: .H bss segment\ 
        !           180: see
        !           181: .C segment.
        !           182: .H buffer\ 
        !           183: 1.\&
        !           184: a staging area for input-output where arbitrary-length
        !           185: transactions are collected into convenient units for system operations.
        !           186: 2.\&
        !           187: to use buffers.
        !           188: .H buffer pool\ 
        !           189: a region of 
        !           190: .C kernel
        !           191: memory available for holding
        !           192: .C blocks;
        !           193: non-\c
        !           194: .C raw
        !           195: input-output for
        !           196: .C block devices
        !           197: and
        !           198: .C file systems
        !           199: [3]
        !           200: goes through the buffer pool to make
        !           201: read and write operations
        !           202: independent of device format.
        !           203: .H cbreak\ 
        !           204: a mode of terminal input in which every character not a
        !           205: .C special character
        !           206: becomes available to a
        !           207: .I read (2)
        !           208: operation as soon as it is typed, instead of being
        !           209: .C buffered
        !           210: up to a
        !           211: .C newline
        !           212: or
        !           213: .C EOT character.
        !           214: .H change time\ 
        !           215: the most recent
        !           216: .C time
        !           217: at which the contents of a
        !           218: .C file
        !           219: [2] or its
        !           220: .C inode
        !           221: properties (e.g.
        !           222: .C owner
        !           223: and
        !           224: .I mode )
        !           225: were altered;
        !           226: cf.\&
        !           227: .C modification time.
        !           228: .H character\ 
        !           229: 1.\&
        !           230: a unit of store, usually 8 bits;
        !           231: a byte.
        !           232: 2.\&
        !           233: a token of the
        !           234: ASCII
        !           235: code, with octal value in the range 0 to 0177.
        !           236: .H character device\ 
        !           237: a
        !           238: .C device,
        !           239: such as a terminal or the
        !           240: .C null device,
        !           241: that ca

This archive runs on limited infrastructure. Preserving old code on modern bandwidth. Automated agents are requested to crawl responsibly.