TOPS-10 Monitor Calls Manual Volume 2 AA-K039D ... - Trailing-Edge

GLOSSARY
Bit
Block
A binary digit (that is, a or 1). Usually refers to the smallest
unit of information storage, which can be on or off. A word on
TOPS-10 has 36 bits.
Bootstrap
A set of records, words, characters, or digits handled as a unit.
On the TOPS-la, a 128-word unit of disk storage allocated by
hardware and software; 128 words are always written ff adding
zeroes as necessary, although fewer than 128 words can be read.
A routine designed to bring itself into a desired state by means
of its own action (for example, a machine routine whose first
instructions are sufficient to bring the rest of itself into the
computer from an input device) .
Breakpoint
Break Set
Buffer
A location at which program operation is suspended in order to
examine partial results. Breakpoints are used in the debugging
process.
The set of characters used by the monitor to determine the end of
a command line typed on the terminal. The default terminal break
set includes and , but your program can be enabled to
recognize any set of characters as break characters.
A device or area used to temporarily hold information being
transmitted between two processes, such as external and internal
storage devices or I/O devices and internal high-speed storage.
A buffer is often a special register or a designated area of
internal storage.
Buffer pointer
A position indicator that is located between two charactE~rs in a
buffer, before the first character in the buffer, or after the
last character in the buffer, to indicate the position at which
the next operation will begin.
Buffer Ring
A ring of buffers used to allow a program to
efficiently. In a buffer ring, the program
instructions while the monitor is filling buffers.
perform I/O
can execute
Bug
A deficiency in a program that causes it to execute incorrectly,
or a mistake made by a person when writing a program or designing
hardware.
Any contiguous set of bits within a word.
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