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

GLOSSARY
Pack
Packet
Pack-ID
1. To compress data in memory or on a peripheral storage device
by taking advantage of known characteristics of the data so
that the original data can be recovered.
2. A disk pack (that is, a removable set of disks mounted on a
common shaft) .
A group of words or block of data passed from one program to
anothers cooperating program. This is accomplished through use
of the IPCF facility or through task-to-task network
communication.
A 6-character SIXBIT name or number used to uniquely
disk pack.
identify a
Page
1. Any number of lines terminated with a form feed character.
2. The smallest mappable unit of core storage. On the KLI0
processor, a page is 512 continuous words in core starting on
boundaries which are even multiples of 512. It is also the
smallest allocatable unit of memory. KLI0 operations allow
programs to be composed of up to 512 pages scatterE~d within
core.
Paper tape
3. To selectively remove parts of a user's program from core
memory.
A tape on which data is represented by
punched holes.
specific patterns of
Parameter
A variable that is given a constant value for a specific purpose
or process, for example, an input argument to a subroutine or
command, or a value specifically assigned to a symbol in an
assembly in order to control exactly what code is assew)led.
Parity bit
A binary digit attached to a group of bits to make the sum of all
the bits always odd (for odd parity) or always even (for even
parity) .
Parity check
A check that tests whether the number of ones or zeros in an
array of binary digits is correct. This check helps ensure that
the data read has not been unintentionally altered.
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