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

GLOSSARY
Recursive
A repetitive process in which the result of each process is
dependent upon the result of the previous one.
Reentrant program
Refresh
,A program consisting of sharable code which can have several
simultaneously independent users.
To remove all files from a file structure and to build the
initial set of files based on information in the HOME block.
Relative address
REL file
The address before hardware or software relocation is added.
A file containing one or more relocatable object modules.
Relocatable address
An address within a module which is specified as an
the first location in that module.
offset from
Relocate
1. To move a routine from one portion of storage to another and
to adjust the necessary address references so that the
routine can be executed in its new location.
2. To convert a relocatable binary module to an absolute binary
module.
Relocation counter
1. The number assigned by LINK-10 as the beginning address of a
Control Section. This number is assigned in the process of
loading specific Control Sections into a saved file or a core
image and is transformed from a relocatable quantity to an
absolute quantity.
2. The address counter that is used during the assembly of
relocatable code.
Relocation factor
The contents of the relocation counter for a control section.
This number is added to every relocatable reference within the
Control Section. The relocation factor is determined from the
relocatable base address for the control section (usually 0 and
400000) and the actual address in user virtual address space at
which the module is being loaded.
Remote access
Pertaining to communication with a data processing facility by
one or more stations that are distant from that facility.
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