HP c3700 HP Workstation c-class - Owner's Guide and Warranty Statement (A7814- - Page 236

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Glossary Shell A command-line interpreter program used to invoke programs. Some examples of HP-UX shells are the Bourne, Korn, Key, and C shells. Sometimes referred to as a "command interpreter." See also command interpreter. combination See also Ultra2 Wide Low-Voltage Differential SCSI, Ultra Narrow Single-Ended SCSI. SPA. Soft Physical Address. See also soft physical address. Shell command An instruction you give the system to execute a utility program or shell script See also shell script, utility program. Shell script A file that contains commands that the system can interpret and run in a shell. Shutdown The process of taking the system from multi-user state to system administration state. Slider One of the components of a scroll bar. The slider is the object that is dragged along the scroll area to cause the window's contents to move, exposing previously hidden content. Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) An IEEE standard for interfacing a computer to multiple, disparate high-speed peripherals such as a disk drive, a CD-ROM drive, or a scanner, etc., singly or in Soft physical address (SPA). This is a location in system memory associated with the DIMM cards. Standalone A workstation that is not part of a cluster See also cluster. Style manager The HP CDE application that provides the ability to customize various user-interface aspects of your system, including colors, fonts, keyboard and mouse attributes, session start-up and termination behavior, and access to other workstations. Subdirectory A directory that is located in, or anywhere on a path below, another directory. The directory above the subdirectory is called the "parent directory." A subdirectory is also referred to as a "child directory See also parent directory. 236

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Glossary
Shell
A command-line interpreter
program used to invoke programs.
Some examples of HP-UX shells
are the Bourne, Korn, Key, and C
shells. Sometimes referred to as a
“command interpreter.”
See also
command interpreter.
Shell command
An instruction
you give the system to execute a
utility program or shell script
See also shell script, utility
program.
Shell script
A file that contains
commands that the system can
interpret and run in a shell.
Shutdown
The process of taking
the system from multi-user state
to system administration state.
Slider
One of the components of a
scroll bar. The slider is the object
that is dragged along the scroll
area to cause the window’s
contents to move, exposing
previously hidden content.
Small Computer System
Interface (SCSI)
An IEEE
standard for interfacing a
computer to multiple, disparate
high-speed peripherals such as a
disk drive, a CD-ROM drive, or a
scanner, etc., singly or in
combination
See also Ultra2
Wide Low-Voltage Differential
SCSI, Ultra Narrow Single-Ended
SCSI.
SPA.
Soft Physical Address.
See
also soft physical address.
Soft physical address (SPA).
This is a location in system
memory associated with the DIMM
cards.
Standalone
A workstation that is
not part of a cluster
See also
cluster.
Style manager
The HP CDE
application that provides the
ability to customize various
user-interface aspects of your
system, including colors, fonts,
keyboard and mouse attributes,
session start-up and termination
behavior, and access to other
workstations.
Subdirectory
A directory that is
located in, or anywhere on a path
below, another directory. The
directory above the subdirectory is
called the “parent directory.” A
subdirectory is also referred to as a
“child directory
See also parent
directory.