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Glossary
Bourne Shell
A command interpreter, invoked as
/bin/sh
. The Bourne Shell is the
default shell in HP-UX.
bus address
Anumber which makes up part of the address HP-UX uses to lo cate a
particular device. The
bus address
is determined by a switch setting on a
peripheral device which allows the computer to distinguish b et
ween two
devices connected to the same in
terface.
button
A graphic element in a display that functionally represents an actual push
button. It is usually accessible by mouse p ointer and is used to start an
action.
C
A standardized and highly-p ortable computer language. Also the name of
the NLS default language/environment (formerly n-computer). Also the
name of one of the HP-UX command in
terpreters, the C Shell (
csh
).
CD-ROM
Compact Disc Read-Only Memory.
CD ROM le system
A read-only memory le system on compact disk. T
ypically,you can read
data from a CD ROM le system, but you cannot write to one.
character
An element used for the organization, control, or representation of text.
Characters include graphic characters and control characters.
click
To press
and release
a mouse button rapidly.
cluster
A group of workstations connected via a LAN. One computer, the
cluster
server
, performs as a le-system server for the
cluster clients
.
(For information on clusters, see
Managing Clusters of HP9000 Computers:
Sharing the HP-UX Filing System
).
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