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

GLOSSARY
CRLF
Carriage-return/line-feed sequence. A "free CRLF" can be enabled
for terminal output. An "automatic CRLF" can be enabled for
terminal input.
CTY
Console terminal used to load, control, and debug the system.
CUSP
Customer
Cylinder
DAEMON
Data
A Commonly Used System Program, such as LOGIN, that works closely
with the monitor to perform system functions.
A customer of Digital Equipment Corporation who has purchased a
DECsystem-10 as distinguished from a user at a terminal who may
be purchasing time from a customer.
The hardware-defined region of consecutive logical disk blocks
which can be read or written without repositioning. A cylinder
usually consists of tracks in the same physical position on
different disk surfaces.
A program for writing all or parts of a job's core area and
associated monitor tables onto disk.
A general term used to denote any or all information (facts,
numbers, letters, and symbols that refer to or describe an
object, idea, condition, or situation). It represents basic
elements of information which can be processed by a computer.
Data channel
DDB
DDT
Deadlock
The device which passes data between the memory system and a
controller.
A device data block.
The Dynamic Debugging Technique program used for on-line
checkout, testing, examination, modification, and program
composition of object programs. Various types of DDT programs
are available, such as DDT11 for debugging PDP-1I remote stations
and the RSX-20F front end, and EDDT for debugging the monitor.
The situation where two or more jobs are waiting for each other
to complete use of a resource, but neither of the jobs can obtain
a lock on the resource it needs for completion.
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