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

GLOSSARY
SFD (sub-file directory)
A directory pointed to by a UFO or a higher-level SFO. Each user
has a UFO. within that, he may have as many SFOs as he wishes.
Sharable segment
A high segment that can be used by several programs at a time.
Shared code
Pure code residing in a shared segment.
Sharer's Group
A subset of those jobs desiring shared ownership of a
resource.
particular
Simultaneous Update
Allowing more than one cooperating job to update a file.
Single access
The status of a file structure that allows only one particular
job to access the file structure. This job is the one whose
project number matches the project number of the owner of the
file structure.
SIXBIT code
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A 6-bit code in which textual information is recorded. It is a
compressed form of the ASCII character set, and thus not all of
the characters in ASCII are available in SIXBIT, notably the
nonprinting characters and the lower case letters are omitted.
The range of SIXBIT code is 00 to 77 (octal) which is equal to 40
through 137 (octal) in ASCII.
The process by which an instruction, macro or subroutine causes
control to bypass one instruction and proceed to the next
instruction.
Soft CORMAX
Gradual reduction of CORMAX (see SETUUO function 50) .
Software Interrupt System
Spooling
Interrupts the sequential flow of program execution under a
variety of conditions. Also called PSI system.
The technique by which output to slow-speed devices
into queues on faster devices (such as disk)
transmission to the slower devides; this allows more
use of the computer.
is placed
to await
efficient
Storage Allocation Table
A file reflecting the status of every addressable block on
disk (SAT.SYS).
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