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

GLOSSARY
SAT.SYS
Save
Scan
The Storage Allocation Table file which contains a bit for each
cluster in the file structure. Clusters which are free are
indicated by zero and clusters which are bad, allocated, or
nonexistent are indicated by one.
To produce a file from a core image of a program in memory. This
results in an executable file that can be loaded and run without
relocation.
The process of examining and parsing a text string.
program parses commands for the monitor.
Search
The
SCAN
1. The process of locating an object by examining each object in
the set to determine if it is the desired object or if the
desired object exists.
2. The process by which the disk controller reads sector heads
to find the correct sector. The second step in the transfer
operation.
Search List
A list of the file structures that may be searched when files are
referenced. (One of the ALL Search List, Job Search List, or SYS
Search List.)
Secondary storage
Sector
Segment
Low speed magnetic storage such as disks or drums.
A physical portion of a mass storage device.
An absolute Control Section. A logical collection of data,
either program data or code, that is the building block of a
program. The monitor keeps a segment in core and/or on the
swapping device.
Segment resident block
A block that contains all the information that the monitor
requires for a particular segment.
Service routine
SETSRC
A routine in general support of the operation of a computer.
A program that allows the user to list or change his search list.
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