|.TERM|S-stub
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The part of the DSA that establishes the connection to the 
communications network.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SAK
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|secure attention key
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|Salvager
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: A program that finds and attempts to repair
inconsistencies in DCE LFS aggregates; it is similar to the
.B "fsck"
program in other,
non-LFS file systems.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|Sash
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|The component of a PanedWindow that allows you to adjust
the relative size of adjacent panes.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|save
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|To write changes to a data file to a storage device for safekeeping.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|scalar
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An arithmetic object or a pointer to an object of any type.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|Scale
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A component that allows you to select a value from a 
continuous range of values.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|scale factor
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A number indicating the position of the decimal point in a real
number.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A number used as a multiplier in scaling.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|scales
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Increments of measure used by \s12\f(HBnroll\s12\fH and
\s12\f(HBtroff\s12\fH\&. All supported scales are converted for the
typesetter into a scale called machine units (u).
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|scaling
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In computer graphics, enlarging or reducing all or part of a
display image by multiplying the coordinates of the image by a constant value.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|In programming, indicating the number of digit positions in
object code to be occupied by the fractional portion of a fixed-point or
floating-point constant.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|scan
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|To examine sequentially, part by part.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|To search records for a specified character string or syntax
error.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|scan code
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Raw input from the keyboard. \s12\f(HI .ft H
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|scanline
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A list of pixel or bit values viewed as a horizontal row (all
values have the same \s12\f(HIy\s12\fH coordinate). The values are ordered by
increasing the \s12\f(HIx\s12\fH coordinate. As part of an image, the next
scanline is ordered by increasing the \s12\f(HIy\s12\fH coordinate.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|scanline order
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An image represented by scanlines ordered by increasing the
\s12\f(HIy\s12\fH coordinate.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|scatter
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|For input and output operations, to read data from a device and
locate it in noncontiguous memory addresses. Contrast with
\(LI\s12\f(HIgather\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SCCS delta
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A set of changes made to an SCCS file. Creating a new delta
saves only the changes made.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSApplProg
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SCCS file
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Any file containing text (source coe or documentation)
that is controleld with SCCS commands.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSApplProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SCCS identification
|.ACR|SID
       |.DEFIN|1|In SCCS, a number assigned to each version of a program.
               |.XREF|
               |.BOOK|OSApplProgGd
               |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|sccstorcs
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A utility to build an RCS file from an SCCS file.
		|.XREF|RCS
		|.XREF|SCCS
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|Scheduled Replication
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: A method of updating read-only copies of filesets.
Scheduled Replication is automatically performed by the Replication Server
at specified intervals.
		|.XREF|Release Replication
		|.XREF|replication
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|scheduler
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Layer of a device driver, such as the Logical Volume
Manager, which schedules physical requests for logical operations and
handles mirrors (for the Logical Volume Manager).
		|.XREF|Logical Volume Manager
		|.BOOK|DesignofOS
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|scheduling policy
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A Logical Volume Manager policy is one which schedules logical
requests.  There are threee types of scheduling policies, reserved,
sequential, and parallel.
		|.XREF|Logical Volume Manager
		|.XREF|scheduler
		|.XREF|reserved policy
		|.XREF|sequential policy
		|.XREF|parallel policy
		|.BOOK|DesignofOS
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|schema
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The directory schema is the set of rules and constraints 
concerning the DIT structure, object class definitions, attribute types, and 
syntaxes that characterize the DIB.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|scope
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|That part of a source program in which a variable can
communicate its value.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|The portion of a program within which a declaration applies.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|*
		|.XREF|exception handling scope
		|.BOOK|OSApplProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|Scout
|.ACR|
	       |.DEFIN|1|DFS: A program that can be run on any machine
configured as a DFS client. It monitors the File Exporter running on
designated File Server machines by periodically collecting statistics and
displaying them in a graphical format.
		|.XREF|attention threshold
		|.XREF|basename
		|.XREF|disk usage
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|scratch file
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A file, usually used as a work file, that exists temporarily,
until the end of the program that uses it.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|screen
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|display screen
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|The physical surface of a workstation upon which information is
shown to users.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|scroll
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|To move text vertically or horizontally in order to view
information that is outside the display or pane boundaries.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|scroll bar
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|A graphical device used to change a user's viewpoint of a list or data
file.  A scroll bar consists of a slider, scroll area, and scroll arrows.
A user changes the view by sliding the slider up or down in the scroll
area or by pressing one of the scroll arrows.  This causes the view to
scroll up or down in the window adjacent to the scroll bar.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|ScrollBar
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|A graphical device used to change a user's view of the
contents of a window.  A ScrollBar consists of a slider, a trough, and 
scroll arrows.
You change the view by sliding the slider up or down in the scroll
area or by pressing one of the scroll arrows.  These actions cause the view to
scroll up or down in the window adjacent to the scroll bar.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|ScrolledWindow
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|A component that frames other components and provides
ScrollBars as necessary to view the contents of the window.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SCSI
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|small computers system interface
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|sdb
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|symbolic debugger
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SDLC
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|synchronous data link control
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SDLC primary station
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A station that has responsibility for the data link. It issues
commands to secondary stations.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SDLC secondary station
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A station that responds to requests from another station (the
primary station) and has little control over data link operations.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|seal
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|To encrypt a record containing several fields in such a way
that the fields cannot be modified without either knowledge of the encryption
key or leaving evidence of tampering.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|second-level interrupt handler
|.ACR|SLIH
	|.DEFIN|1|A routine that handles the processing of an interrupt from a
specific adapter. An SLIH is called by the first-level interrupt handler
associated with that interrupt level.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|secondary representation
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A second form, an alternative to the primary 
representation, in which the client can supply an attribute value to the 
service.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|secondary site
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: A read-only site that receives updates to its copies
of the database from the Ubik synchronization site. There can be more than
one secondary site. If necessary, a secondary site can be elected to assume
the role of synchronization site.
		|.XREF|synchronization site
		|.XREF|Ubik
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|secondary station
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A data station that executes data link control functions as
instructed by the primary station. It interprets received commands and
generates responses for transmission.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|secondary window
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|A child window of a primary window.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|secret key
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A long-lived encryption key known to more than one principal,
usually two. In the DCE, each secret key is known to the Authentication Service
and one other principal.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|section
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|\s12\fHIn the vi editor, text that follows a section heading as
defined by the sect= option.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|sector
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An area on a disk track or a diskette track reserved to record
information.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|The smallest amount of information that can be written to or
read from a disk or diskette during a single read or write operation.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|On disk or diskette storage, an addressable subdivision of a
track used to record one block of a program or data.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|secure attention key
|.ACR|SAK
	|.DEFIN|1|A key sequence that ends all processes associated with a
terminal in order to provide a trusted path for secure communication. The SAK
sequence is Ctrl-x followed by Ctrl-r.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|security
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The protection of data, system operations, and devices from
accidental or intentional ruin, damage, or exposure.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|seek pointer
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A data structure that contains the offset of the current
location in a character file or device.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|segment
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Zero or more contiguous elements of a string.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A contiguous area of virtual storage allocated to a job or
system task. A program segment can be run by itself, even if the whole
program is not in main storage.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|A portion of a computer program that may be executed as an
entity without the entire program being maintained in main storage.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|4|A group of display elements.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|segment registers
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Registers in the system that hold the actual addresses of the
memory segments currently in use.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|select
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|To choose an object to be acted upon or an action to be performed.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|selection
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Addressing a terminal or a component on a selective calling
circuit.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|The process by which a computer requests a station to send it a
message.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|*
		|.XREF|addressing
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
     |.DEFIN|3|The object or action that is selected.  Menus are composed of selection
items.  Dialog boxes contain components, each of which represents a selection.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|selection criteria
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In the \s12\f(HBselect\s12\fH system call,
\s12\f(HBreadlist\s12\fH, the \s12\f(HBwritelist\s12\fH, and
\s12\f(HBexceptlist\s12\fH parameter values that specify what to check for
reading, writing, and exceptions.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SelectionDialog
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A DialogBox that allows you to make a selection from a 
list of choices.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|self-configuration
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Accomplishment of the configuration of a module through
execution of configuration code contained in the module.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSExtGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|self-pointing type
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|RPC: A data type containing a pointer member that
can point directly or indirectly to another item of the same type.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|semaphore
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Entity used to control access to system resources. Processes can
be locked to a resource with semaphores if the processes follow certain
programming conventions.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|Provides a general method of communication between two processes
that is an extension of the features of signals.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|semaphore ID
|.ACR|semid
	|.DEFIN|1|An integer that points to a set of semaphores and a data
structure that contains information about the semaphores.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|semid
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|semaphore ID
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|sense code
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A value sent or received, or a negative response to indicate
what error occurred.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|sentence
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In the vi editor, text that is separated from other text by a .
(period), ! (exclamation point), or ? (question mark) followed by two spaces.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|separator
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A punctuation character that separates parts of a command or
file, or to delimit character strings.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|sequential access
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An access method in which records are read from, written to, or
removed from a file based on the logical order of the records in the file.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|The facility to obtain data from or enter data into a storage
device so that the process depends on the location of the data and on a
reference to data previously accessed.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|sequential execution
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The execution of a list of pipelines where the shell waits for a
pipeline to finish before executing the next one.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|sequential policy
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A Logical Volume Manager policy which performs writes to
mirrors in a sequential manner, where each mirror must be complete
before the next mirror is written.
		|.XREF|Logical Volume Manager
		|.XREF|scheduler
		|.XREF|reserved policy
		|.XREF|scheduling policy
		|.XREF|parallel policy
		|.BOOK|DesignofOS
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|sequential processing
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The processing of logical records in the order in which they are
accessed.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|The processing of records in the same order as they exist in a
file. Synonymous with \(LI\s12\f(HIconsecutive processing\(LI\s12\fH.
Contrast with \(LI\s12\f(HIrandom processing\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|serial device
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A device that performs functions sequentially, such as a serial
printer that prints one character at a time. Contrast with
\(LI\s12\f(HIparallel device\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|Serial Line Internet Protocol
|.ACR|SLIP
	|.DEFIN|1|A transmission line protocol that encapsulates and transfers IP datagrams over asynchronous serial lines.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSNetAppProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|serial transmission
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Transmitting each bit of a data character separately over the
same electrical path.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|serially reusable load module
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A module that can be accessed by only one task at a time. It
cannot be used by a second task until the first task is complete. Contrast
with \(LI\s12\f(HIreentrant module\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|server
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|RPC: The party that receives remote procedure
calls. A given application can act as both an RPC server and an
RPC client.
		|.XREF|client
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|CDS: A node running CDS server software. A CDS server 
handles name-lookup requests and maintains the contents of the clearinghouse or 
clearinghouses at its node.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|DTS: A system or process that synchronizes with its peers and
provides its clock value to clerks and their client applications.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|4|DFS: A provider of resources or services.
		|.XREF|client
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|5|GDS: The server consists of a DSA, which accesses the
database, and an S-stub, which handles the connection over the communications
network for responding to remote clients and accessing remote servers.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|6|An application program that usually runs in the background
(daemon) and is controlled by the System Program Controller.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|7|On a network, the computer that contains the data or provides
the facilities to be accessed by other computers on the network.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|8|A program that handles protocol, queuing, routing, and other
tasks necessary for data transfer between devices in a computer system.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|9|The component of the X Window System that manages the
visual display.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|server addressing information
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|RPC: An RPC protocol sequence, network address,
and endpoint that represent one way to access an RPC server over
a network; a part of server binding information.
		|.XREF|binding information
		|.XREF|endpoint
		|.XREF|network address
		|.XREF|RPC protocol sequence
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|server application thread
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|RPC: A thread executing the server application
code that initializes the server and listens for incoming calls.
		|.XREF|application thread
		|.XREF|client application thread
		|.XREF|local application thread
		|.XREF|RPC thread
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|server binding information
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|RPC: Binding information for a particular RPC server.
		|.XREF|binding information
		|.XREF|client binding information
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|server entry
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|RPC: A name service entry that stores the binding
information associated with the RPC interfaces of a particular
RPC server and, also the object UUIDs for any objects offered by
the server.
		|.XREF|binding information
		|.XREF|NSI binding attribute
		|.XREF|object
		|.XREF|NSI object attribute
		|.XREF|RPC interface
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|DFS: A unique identifier for a server machine in the FLDB.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|server instance
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|RPC: A server executing in a specific address
space; multiple server instances can coexist on a single system.
		|.XREF|server
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|server machine
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: A machine that runs one or more DFS server processes.
Depending on the process it runs, a server machine can be further classified
as a File Server machine, a System Control machine, a Binary Distribution
machine, a Fileset Database machine, or a Backup Database machine.
		|.XREF|client machine
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|server module
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: The part of the DFS Cache Manager that provides
information for tracking server activity.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|server portion of Update Server
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|upserver
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|server process
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In the client/server model of communications, a process that
provides services to client processes.  
		|.XREF|passive user
		|.BOOK|OSNetComAdminGd
		|.BOOK|OSNetAppProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: A process that runs on server machines, providing
services such as storing and transferring files or tracking fileset
locations to clients.
		|.XREF|server machine
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|server stub
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|RPC: The surrogate calling code for an RPC 
interface that is linked with server application code containing one
or more sets of remote procedures (managers) that implement the
interface.
		|.XREF|client stub
		|.XREF|manager
		|.XREF|stub
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|service
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|RPC: An integral set of of RPC interfaces offered
together by a server to meet a specific goal.
		|.XREF|RPC interface
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|service access point
|.ACR|SAP
	|.DEFIN|1|In the Ethernet logical link profile, the address for the
transaction program on the local system. This address is a hexadecimal value.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|service controls
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A group of parameters, applied to all directory 
operations, that direct or constrain the provision of the service.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|session
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A sequence of directory operations requested by a 
particular user of a particular DUA using the same session OM object.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|The period of time during which programs or devices can
communicate with each other.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|In network architecture, an association of facilities that
establish, maintain, and release connections for communication between
stations.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|4|The period of time during which the user of a terminal can
communicate with an interactive system, usually elapsed time between login
and logout.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|5|In POSIX, every process group, and associated process,
belongs to a session.  Any new process also belongs to the session of
the process that created it.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|DesignofOS
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|session date
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The date associated with a session.
		|.XREF|creation date
		|.XREF|program date
		|.XREF|system date
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|session key
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Used in Kerberos specifications;
acronym for ``conversation key.''
		|.XREF|conversation key
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|session records
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In the accounting system, a record (produced from log in and log
out records) of time connected and line usage for connected display stations.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|set flags
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Flags that can be put into effect with the shell
\s12\f(HBset\s12\fH command.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|set-group-ID mode bit
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In setting file access permissions, sets the effective group ID
of the process to the file's group on execution.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|set-user-ID mode bit
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In setting file access permissions, sets the effective user ID
of the process to the file's owner on execution.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|set variable
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A variable that has been assigned a value.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|severity code
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A code that indicates how serious an error condition is.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shadow entry
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A copy entry of an object. This is an entry of an object
in a DSA other than the master DSA.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shared library
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A library that contains at least one subroutine that can be used
by multiple processes. Programs and subroutines are linked as before, but the
code common to different subroutines is combined in one library file that can
be loaded at runtime and shared by many programs.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shared memory
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An area of memory simultaneously accessible to more than one
cooperating process.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shared memory ID
|.ACR|shmid
	|.DEFIN|1|An identifier assigned to the shared segment for use within a
particular process. It is similar in use to a \(LI\s12\f(HIfile
descriptor\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shared port
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A port used by communications applications (for example, UUCP)
to ensure exclusive access to a port.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shared printer
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A printer that is used by more than one workstation.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shared resource structure
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A data structure that contains the current virtual terminal
configuration.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shell
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A software interface between a user and the operating system of
a computer. Shell programs interpret commands and user interactions on
devices such as keyboards, pointing devices, and touch-sensitive screens and
communicate them to the operating system.  OSF/1 provides three shells:
the Bourne, Korn, and C shell.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|Software that allows a kernel program to run under different
operating system environments.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|The command interpreter that provides a user interface to the
operating system and its commands.
		|.XREF|shell program
		|.XREF|interface
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shell control command
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A command that enables the user to pass control to various parts
of a shell procedure, or to control how a procedure ends.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shell procedure
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|shell script
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shell program
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A program that accepts and interprets commands for the operating
system.
		|.XREF|shell
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shell prompt
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The character string on the command line indicating that the
system can accept a command.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shell script
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A series of commands, combined in a file, that carry out a
particular function when the file is run or when the file is specified as an
argument to a shell.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.BOOK|OSNetComAdminGd
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shell variables
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Facilities of the shell program for assigning variable values to
constant names.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shielded twisted pair
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A transmission medium of two twisted conductors with a foil or
braid shield.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shift action
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In the shift action, the parser pushes the current state
onto the stack, makes n the current state, and clears the look-ahead token.
		|.XREF|reduce action
		|.XREF|action
		|.BOOK|OSApplProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|Shift-Japanese Industrial Standard
|.ACR|SJIS
	|.DEFIN|1|An encoding scheme consisting of single-bytes and double-bytes
used for character encoding. Because of the large number of characters in the
Japanese and other Asian languages, the 8-bit byte is not sufficient for
character encoding.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.BOOK|DesignofOS
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shift/reduce conflict
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A conflict that a parser can encounter when it tries to
handle an ambiguous grammar rule.  In a shift/reduce conflict, a rule
can be handled correctly using either a shift action or a reduce
action, each action producing different results.
		|.XREF|reduce action
		|.XREF|action
		|.BOOK|OSApplProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shmid
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|shared memory ID
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|shutdown
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The process of ending operation of a system or a subsystem by
following a defined procedure. 
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SID
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|SCCS identification. The name assigned to a delta.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSApplProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|In SCCS, a number assigned to each version of a program.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSApplProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|sign balancing
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A conversion that makes both operands have the same data type
(signed or unsigned.). If one operand has an unsigned type, the compiler
converts the other operand to that unsigned type. Otherwise, both operands
remain signed.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|signal
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Threads: To wake only one thread waiting on a condition variable.
		|.XREF|broadcast
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A simple method of communication between two processes. One
process can inform the other process when an event occurs.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|In Operating System operations, a method of inter-process
communication that simulates software interrupts. Contrast with
\s12\f(HIexception\s12\fH and \s12\f(HIinterrupt\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|signal handler
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A subroutine called when a signal occurs.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|signal mask
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Defines the set of signals currently blocked form delivery to a
process.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|signal stack
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An alternate stack on which signals are to be processed.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|signed
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Information is digitally signed by appending to it an 
enciphered summary of the information. This is used to ensure the integrity of 
the data,
the authenticity of the originator, and the unambiguous relationship between 
the originator and the data.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|simple bnode
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: A  bnode that manages a single process that is to
be kept running at all times.
		|.XREF|bnode
		|.XREF|Basic OverSeer Server
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|simple lock
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A primitive used to implement "busy wait" synchronization, in which
a processor checks a lock continuously until it can take the lock.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSPortGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
|.ACR|SMPT
	|.DEFIN|1|In the IP protocol used with TCP/IP, the protocol that handles
transferring and forwarding mail.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|simple name
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|One element in a CDS full name. Simple names are
separated by slashes.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|simple process
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: A type of process defined in a server machine's
.B "BosConfig"
file. It runs continuously and can be stopped and restarted
independently of any other process on its machine.
		|.XREF|cron process
		|.XREF|simple bnode
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|single-precision
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The use of one computer word to represent a number, in
accordance with the required precision.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|The specification that causes a floating-point value to be
stored in the short format.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|single selection
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|A selection model that allows selection of a single element.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|single-shift control
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In code page switching, control codes that shift to another page
for a single character; nonlocking shifts.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|single-step instruction execution
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A method of operating a computer in which each instruction is
performed in response to a single manual operation. No sequential execution
of instructions is allowed.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|single-threaded
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The kernel's running of protocols so that only one program can use a networking protocol at one time.???
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A process that contains a single thread, for example a traditional
UNIX process.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSApplProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|singly mirrored
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The state of the system when it maintains two copies of data.
		|.XREF|mirrored
		|.XREF|doubly mirrored
		|.BOOK|DesignofOS
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|site
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: The location of a fileset expressed as a specific
machine and aggregate.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|site count
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: A count of the number of sites where the read/write and 
read-only versions of a fileset reside.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|site flags
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: A term for the flags associated with each site
definition in an FLDB entry. The flags can indicate the fileset type
(read/write or read-only) and other administrative information.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|site name
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Identifying the system name for a remote system.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|size field
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In an i-node, a field that indicates the size, in bytes, of the
file associated with the i-node.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SJIS
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|Shift-Japanese Industrial Standard
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|skew
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The time difference between two clocks or clock values.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|skulk
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A process by which CDS makes the data consistent in all
replicas of a particular directory. CDS collects all changes made to the
master replica since the last skulk completed, and disseminates
the changes from the up-to-date replica to all other existing replicas of the
directory. All replicas of a directory must be available for a skulk to be
considered successful. If a skulk fails, CDS informs you of the replicas that
it could not reach.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|slave
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A processor that executes in user mode only.  This processor
is paired with a master processor that executes in kernel mode.  It informs
the master processor when a process makes a system call.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSNetComAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|sleeping process
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A process that is waiting for input or output to complete, time
slices, an event to occur, or signals from other processes. When a process is
sleeping, it can be paged out of memory.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|slider
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|One of the graphical components of a scroll bar or scale.
The slider is the object that is dragged along the scroll area to cause a change.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SLIH
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|second level interrupt handler
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SLIP
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|Serial Line Internet Protocol
		|.BOOK|OSNetAppProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|slow list
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A list of secondary stations on a multidrop network that, due to
their inactivity, are polled less often by the primary station.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|slow sleep
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The mode in which a sleeping kernel process can be awakened by a
signal. Contrast with \(LI\s12\f(HIfast sleep\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|small computers systems interface device driver
|.ACR|SCSI
	|.DEFIN|1|A device driver that supports the Small Computer Systems
Interface (SCSI) standard for I/O.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SMPT
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SNBU
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|switched network backup
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|socket
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A port identifier.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSNetComAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A 16-bit port number.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|A unique host identifier created by the concatenation of
a port identifier with an IP address.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSNetComAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|4|In interprocess communications, an endpoint of
communication.  Also, the system call that creates a socket and the
associated data structure.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSNetAppProgGd
		|.BOOK|OSExtGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|socketpair
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A pair of sockets that can be created in the UNIX domain
for 2-way communication. Like pipes, socketpairs require communicating
processes to be related.
		|.XREF|pipe
		|.BOOK|OSNetAppProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|soft link
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A pointer that provides an alternate name for an object entry,
directory, or other soft link in the namespace. A soft link can be permanent
or it can expire after a period of time that
you specify. The CDS server also can
delete it automatically after the name that the link points to is deleted.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|software
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Programs, procedures, rules and any associated documentation
pertaining to the operation of a system.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|software keyboard map
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A table that maps a keystroke to a character or to a predefined
function such a a tab.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|sort
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|To rearrange some or all of a group of items, based upon the
contents or characteristics of those items.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|sort utility
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The part of the program product used to arrange records (or
their relative record numbers) in a sequence determined by data contained in
one or more fields within the records.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|source
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A system, a program within a system, or a device that makes a
request to a target. Contrast with \(LI\s12\f(HItarget\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|In advanced program-to-program communications, the system or
program that starts jobs on another system.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|source code
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The input to a compiler or assembler, written in an source
language. Contrast with \(LI\s12\f(HIobject code\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|Source Code Control System
|.ACR|SCCS
	|.DEFIN|1|A program for maintaining version control for the source files
of a developing program. It stores the changes made to a file instead of the
changed file, thus allowing several versions of the same file to exist in the
system.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSApplProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|source diskette
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The diskette containing data to be copied, compared, restored,
or backed up. Contrast with \(LI\s12\f(HItarget diskette\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|source file
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A file that contains source statements for such items as
high-level language problems and data description specifications.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|source fileset
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|read/write fileset
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|source module
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The statements or codes that form input to the assembler.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|source program
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A computer program expressed in a source language.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A set of instructions written in a programming language that
must be translated to machine language before the program can be run.
Contrast with \s12\f(HIobject program\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|source statement
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A statement written in a programming language.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|space
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A site intended for storage of data, such as a location in a
storage medium.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A basic unit of area, usually the size of a single character.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|One or more space characters.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|sparse file
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A file that is created with a length greater than the data it
contains, leaving empty spaces for future addition of data.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|special character
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A character other than a letter or number. For example, *, +,
and % are special characters.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|special file
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Used in the operating system to provide an interface to
input/output devices. There is at least one special file for each device
connected to the computer. 
		|.XREF|block file
		|.XREF|character special file
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|special target
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|For the \*Lmake\*O command, when a special target is
specified at the beginning of a description file entry, it controls
the operation of the \*Lmake\*O command.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSApplProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|specific
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The attribute types that can 
appear in an instance of a given
class, but not in an instance of its superclasses.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|speed
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The baud rate. Synonym for \fBline speed\fP.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SPI
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Stub Programming Interface. A private RPC runtime
interface whose routines are unavailable to application code.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|spin lock
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A primitive used to implement "busy wait" synchronization, in which
a processor checks a lock continuously until it can take the lock.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSPortGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|spool file
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A disk file containing output that has been saved for later
printing.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|Files used in the transmission of data among devices.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|spooling
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The use of auxiliary storage as a buffer storage. This reduces
processing delays when transferring data between peripheral equipment and the
processors of a computer.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|Reading and writing input and output streams on an intermediate
device in a format convenient for later processing.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|Performing a peripheral operation such as printing while the
computer is busy with other work.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|spring-loaded
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|A state of a Menu where it remains only as long as
a mouse button is being held down.
          |.XREF|posted
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SRT
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|Structure Rule Table
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stack
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An area in storage that stores temporary register information
and returns addresses of subroutines.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A list constructed and maintained so that the last data element
stored is the first data element retrieved.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|In kernel mode, an area that is paged with the user process. The
kernel maintains a stack for each process. It saves the process information
such as the call chain and local variables used by the kernel for the user
process.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stack buffer
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A storage area that stores retrievable data in sequence. The
last text stored is the first text removed.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stack pointer
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A register providing the current location of the stack.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stack traceback
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The calling sequence that indicates the path taken by a process
to get to its current location.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stand-alone shell
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A limited version of the shell program used for system
maintenance.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stand-alone system
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|stand\(LI-alone work station
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stand-alone workstation
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A workstation that can perform tasks without being connected to
other resources such as servers or host systems.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|standard error
|.ACR|STDERR
	|.DEFIN|1|The standard place where many programs place error messages.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|standard input
|.ACR|STDIN
	|.DEFIN|1|The primary source of data going into a command. Standard input
comes from the keyboard, unless redirection or piping is used, in which case
standard input can be from a file or the output from another command.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|standard output
|.ACR|STDOUT
	|.DEFIN|1|The primary destination of data coming from a command. Standard
output goes to the display, unless redirection or piping is used, in which
case standard output can be to a file or another command.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|standout mode
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The general-purpose highlighting mechanism used by terminfo.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stanza
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A group of lines in a file that together have a common function
or define a part of the system. Stanzas are usually separated by blank lines,
and each stanza has a name.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|start method
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Takes the device from the stopped state to the available state.
The start method applies only to devices that support the optional stopped
state.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|start-stop
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Asynchronous transmission in which a group of signals
representing a character is preceded by a start element and followed by a
stop element.
		|.XREF|asynchronous transmission
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|state
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In a circuit, a state in which the circuit remains until
application of a suitable pulse.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|One of the separate, restartable portions into which the
\s12\f(HBrunacct\s12\fH command (the main daily accounting shell procedure)
breaks its processing.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|The current condition of a process that reflects
the function in progress.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSNetAppProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|4|In XTI, one of the eight different conditions that
are used to manage communications over a transport endpoint.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSNetAppProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|state machine
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A representation of the transitions between the members
of a set of states of a system, as caused by a set of inputs to the system.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSExtGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|state transition
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|statement
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An instruction in a program or procedure.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|In programming languages, a language construct that represents a
step in a sequence of actions or a set of declarations.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|In computer programming, a symbol string or other arrangement of
symbols.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|4|In XTI, a condition within a transport endpoint that determines what functions can be issued by the transport user.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSNetAppProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|static dependency
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|For the OSF/1 loader, an object file that must be loaded
by explicit requests from another object file.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSExtGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|static display
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In text formatting, when the nroff command finds a block of text
in the input file that has been specified as a static display, it places the
text on the current page only if there is room for the entire block. If there
is not enough room, the nroff command starts a new page and places the block
of text there.
		|.XREF|floating display
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|statically bound
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The state of being semi-permanently bound to the kernel.
A statically bound device can only be configured into and unconfigured
from the kernel when the kernel is not running.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|DesignofOS
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|station
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A computer or device that can send or receive data.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|An input or output point of a system that uses telecommunication
facilities, such as one or more systems, computers, terminals, devices, and
associated programs at a particular location that can send or receive data
over a telecommunication line.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|A location on a device at which an operation is performed.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|status
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The current condition or state of a program or device. For
example, the status of a printer.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|The condition of the hardware or software, usually represented
in a status code.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|status area
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An input method output-only window thaqt identifies the
input style (phonetic, numeric, stroke and radial, etc.) and the
current status of an input method interaction.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|MotifProgGd
		|.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|status area manager
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Layer of a device driver, such as the Logical Volume
Manager, which tracks availability of physical volumes and the state
of physical extents for the Logical Volume Manager.
		|.XREF|Logical Volume Manager
		|.BOOK|DesignofOS
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|status flag
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: In a
.B "BosConfig"
file, the flag that tells the BOS
Server whether a server process should be running. In an FLDB entry,
the flag that indicates whether a fileset of each possible type (read/write,
read-only, and backup) actually exists at a site. In a fileset header,
a flag that indicates whether the contents of the fileset are accessible
via the File Server machine.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|status token
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: A token that grants access to the status information
associated with a file or directory. Read and write status tokens are
available.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|STDERR
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|standard error
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|STDIN
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|standard input
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|STDOUT
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|standard output
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|sticky bit
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An access permission bit that causes an executable program to
remain on the swap area of the disk. Only someone with root authority can set
the sticky bit.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stop
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|A label given to a PushButton in some DialogBoxes that performs the
action of stopping the work in progress indicated by the DialogBox.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stop bit
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In start-stop transmission, a signal at the end of a character
that prepares the receiving device for reception of a subsequent character.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A signal to a receiving mechanism to wait for the next signal.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stop method
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Takes the device from the available state to the stopped state.
The stop emthod applies only to devices that support the optional stopped
state.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stopped state
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Allows a device to be made unavailable but still have its device
driver loaded and bound in the kernel and still be known by the device driver.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|storage
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The location of saved information.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|In contrast to memory, the saving of information on physical
devices such as disk or tape.
		|.XREF|memory
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|A unit into which recorded text can be entered, retained, and
processed, and from which it can be retrieved.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|4|The action of placing data into a storage device.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|storage class specifier
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A storage class keyword.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|storage device
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|1) A functional unit for storing and retrieving data.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A facility into which data can be retained.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|storage index
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A table in main storage that contains the address of the lowest
key on each track in the file index.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|store
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|To place information in a storage device (in memory or onto a
diskette, fixed disk, or tape), so that it is available for retrieval and
updating.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|strategy
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Layer of a device driver, such as the Logical Volume
Manager, which performs logical request validation, initialization,
serialization, and termination.
		|.XREF|Logical Volume Manager
		|.BOOK|DesignofOS
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stream
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Sequential input or output from an open file descriptor.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A continuous stream of data elements being transmitted, or
intended for transmission, using a defined format.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|All data transmitted through a data channel in a single read or
write operation. Synonym for \(LI\s12\f(HIdata stream\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|4|A full-duplex connection between a user process and device
or pseudodevice.  It consists of several linearly connected modules, and is analogous to a shell pipeline, except that data flows in both directions.  The modules communicate almost exclusively by passing messages to their neighbors.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stream editor
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The \s12\f(HBsed\s12\fH command, which modifies lines from a
specified file, according to an edit script, and writes them to a standard
output.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stream socket
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A socket that provides 2-way byte streams across a transport
connection.  Also includes a mechanism for handling out-of-band data.
		|.XREF|out-of-band data
		|.BOOK|OSNetAppProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|streaming tape device
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|streaming tape drive
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|streaming tape drive
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A magnetic tape unit that stores large amounts of data and is
designed to make a nonstop dump or restore of magnetic disks without using
interblock gaps.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|STREAMS
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A kernel mechanism from AT&T that supports the
implementation of device drivers and networking protocol stacks.
		|.XREF|STREAMS framework
		|.BOOK|OSNetAppProgGd
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|STREAMS framework
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Components of the AT&T STREAMS mechanism, which define
the interface standards for character I/O within the kernel and between
the kernel and user levels.  It consists of user-level functions,
utilities, kernel routines, and data structures.
		|.XREF|streams
		|.BOOK|OSNetAppProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|strict type checking
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Checking data types for compliance with the rules of C language
more strictly than the C compiler, such as with the \s12\f(HBlist\s12\fH
program.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|string
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An ordered sequence of bits, octets, or
characters, accompanied by the string's length.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A linear sequence of entities such as characters or physical
elements. Examples of strings are alphabetic string, binary element string,
bit string, character string, search string, and symbol string.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|string constant
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Characters enclosed in double quotation marks.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|string register
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A string register is a register that holds a defined string
value to be called by a token.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stroke text
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|programmable character set
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|structure
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A variable that contains an ordered group of data objects.
Unlike an array, the data objects within a structure can have varied data
types.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|Structure Rule Table
|.ACR|SRT
	|.DEFIN|1|A recurring attribute of the directory schema with the
description of the permitted structures of distinguished names.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|structure tag
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The identifier that names a structure data type.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|structured field
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A mechanism that permits variable length data to be encoded for
transmission in the data stream.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|*
		|.XREF|field
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|stub
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|RPC: A code module specific to an RPC interface
that is generated by the DCE IDL compiler to support remote
procedure calls for the interface. RPC stubs are linked with client and
server application and hide the intricacies of remote procedure
calls from the application code.
		|.XREF|client stub
		|.XREF|server stub
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|su
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|superuser
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subaddress
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In X.25 communications, the unallocated digits at the end of the
national terminal number (NTN). If the network provider allocates all digits
to the NTN, there can be no subaddress.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subarea node
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In data communications, a node that uses network addresses for
routing, and whose routing tables are affected by changes in the
configuration of the network. Subarea nodes can provide boundary function
support for peripheral nodes.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subclass
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|One of the classes, designated as such, whose attribute types 
are a superset of those of another class.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subcommand
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A request for an operation that is within the scope of work
requested by a previously issued command.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subdirectory
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In the file system hierarchy, a directory contained within
another directory.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subhost
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A communications system that controls attached terminals in
addition to communicating with another (usually higher level) system.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subject character
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A character in the first field of a line in an input file for
the\s12\f(HB ctab\s12\fH command. The character is inserted into a collating
sequence at the point.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|submenu
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|A cascading Menu.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subnet
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|One of a group of multiple logical network divisions of a single
network, such as can be created by the TCP/IP Interface Program. Synonymous
with \(LI\s12\f(HIsubnetwork\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subnetwork
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Synonym for \(LI\s12\f(HIsubnet\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subobject
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An object that is in a subordinate relationship to a given object.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subordinate
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In the DIT, an entry is subordinate to another if its
distinguished name includes that of the other as a prefix.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subprogram
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A program invoked by another program, such as a subshell.
Contrast with \(LI\s12\f(HImain program\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subroutine
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A sequenced set of statements that can be used in one or more
computer programs and at one or more points in a computer program.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A routine that can be part of another routine.
		|.XREF|routine
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subscribe
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In X.25 communications, to a rent an X.25 line, specifying the
required facilities.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subscript
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An integer or variable whose value refers to a particular
element in a table or an array.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A symbol associated with the name of a set to identify a
particular subset or element.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|Characters printed one-half line below the normal printing line.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subscript declarator
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In an array definition or declaration, the bracketed expressions
following the array name. Specifies the number elements in an array dimension.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subscription
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In X.25 communications,
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subshell
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An instance of the shell program started from an existing shell
program.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|substring
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A part of a character string.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|subsystem
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A secondary or subordinate system, usually capable of operating
independently or synchronously with a controlling system.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|The part of communications that handles the requirements of the
remote system, isolating most system-dependent considerations from the
application program.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|A kernel module or set of modules that extend services
beyond the original kernel services.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSExtGd
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|suffix
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A character string attached to the end of a file name that helps
identify its file type.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A code dialed by a caller who is already engaged in a call.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|superblock
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In a file system layout, refers to the block which
stores vital information about the configuration of the file system in which
it resides.  It contains information about every allocation or deallocation 
of a block in the file system.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|superclass
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|One of the classes, designated as such, whose attribute types 
are a subset of those of another class.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|superior
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In the DIT, an entry is superior to another if its
distinguished name is included as a prefix of the distinguished name of
the other. 
Each entry has exactly one immediate superior.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|superobject
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An object that is in a superior relationship to a given
object.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|superuser
|.ACR|su
	|.DEFIN|1|A system user who operates without restrictions.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|superuser authority
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The unrestricted ability to access and modify any part of the
operating system, usually associated with the user who manages the system.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|supervisor call
|.ACR|SVC
	|.DEFIN|1|An instruction that interrupts the program being executed and
passes control to the kernel so it can perform a specific service indicated
by the instruction.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|suspended state
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A state in which the resource is temporarily not receiving a
request. A start action request will return the resource to the state it was
in prior to being suspended.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A software state in which a task is not dispatched by the system
and is not contending for the processor.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SVC
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|supervisor call
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|swapping
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Temporarily removing an active job from main storage, saving it
on disk, and processing another job in the area of main storage formerly
occupied by the first job.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A process that interchanges the contents of an area of real
storage with the contents of an area in auxiliary storage.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|In a system with virtual storage, a paging technique that writes
the active pages of a job to auxiliary storage and reads pages of another job
from auxiliary storage into real storage.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|switch expression
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The expression that is located between the word
\s12\f(HBswitch\s12\fH and the body of a \s12\f(HBswitch\s12\fH statement.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|switched line
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In data communications, a connection between computers or
devices established by dialing. Contrast with \(LI\s12\f(HInonswitched
line\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|switched link
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A link between two nodes that is established by dialing.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|switched network backup
|.ACR|SNBU
	|.DEFIN|1|In data communications, a technique that provides a switched
line connection when a nonswitched line fails.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|switched virtual circuit
|.ACR|SVC
	|.DEFIN|1|In X.25 communications, a virtual circuit that is requested by a
virtual call. It is released when the virtual call is cleared. Contrast with
\(LI\s12\f(HIpermanent virtual circuit\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|symbolic debugger
|.ACR|sdb
	|.DEFIN|1|A tool that debugs programs written in certain high-level
languages.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|symbolic link
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A type of file system entry that contains the pathname of and
acts as a pointer to another file or directory.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|SYN
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|synchronization character
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|synchronization
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DTS: The process by which a DTS entity requests 
clock values from other systems, computes a new time from the values, and 
adjusts its system clock to the new time.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|synchronization character
|.ACR|SYN
	|.DEFIN|1|In binary synchronous communications, the transmission control
character that provides a signal to the receiving station for timing.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|synchronization list
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DTS: The list of servers that a DTS 
entity has discovered; the entity sends requests for clock values to the 
servers on the list.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|synchronization primitives
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The fundamental mechanisms of locking between different
threads of execution in the kernel and between the kernel and interrupt
handlers. 
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSPortGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|synchronization site
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: The one Ubik site that accepts changes to its copy
of the database and distributes them to the other, secondary sites. The
synchronization site can change as necessary.
		|.XREF|secondary site
		|.XREF|Ubik
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|synchronous
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Pertaining to two or more processes that depend upon the
occurrences of specific events such as common timing signals.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|Occurring with a regular or predictable time relationship or
sequence.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|synchronous data link control
|.ACR|SDLC
	|.DEFIN|1|A form of communications line control using commands to control
the transfer of data over a communications line. Contrast with
\(LI\s12\f(HIBinary Synchronous Communication\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A discipline conforming to subsets of the ADCCP of the ANSI and
the HDLC of the International Organization for Standardization. It manages
synchronous, code-transparent, serial-by-bit information transfer over a link
connection. Transmission exchanges may be duplex or half-duplex over switched
or non-switched links. The configuration of the link connection may be
point-to-point, multipoint, or loop.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|synchronous execution mode
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A mode of execution that forces transport primitives to wait
for specific events before returning control to the transport user.
		|.XREF|blocking mode
		|.BOOK|OSNetAppProgGd
		|.TOPIC|	 
|.TERM|synchronous transmission
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In data communications, a method of transmission in which the
sending and receiving of characters is controlled by timing signals. Contrast
with \(LI\s12\f(HIasynchronous transmission\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|Data transmission in which the time of occurrence of each signal
representing a bit is related to a fixed time base.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|synchronously generated signal
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|For multithreaded applications, these are signals that
occur as the direct result of a thread's action, and therefore
attributable to that thread.
		|.XREF|asynchronously generated signal
		|.BOOK|OSApplProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|synopsis
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Synonym for \(LI\s12\f(HIsyntax\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|syntax
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|XOM: (1) An OM syntax is any of various categories into which 
the object management specification statically groups values on the basis of 
their form. These categories are additional to the OM type of the value.
(2) A category into which an attribute value is placed on the basis of its form.
		|.XREF|attribute syntax
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|The rules for the construction of a command, statement, or
program.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|The relationship among characters or groups of characters,
independent of their meanings or the manner of their interpretation and use.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|4|Structure of expressions in a language.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|5|The relationship among symbols.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|syntax diagram
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A diagram for each Operating System command that displays how to
enter the command correctly on the command line.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|syntax template
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A lexical construct containing an asterisk from which 
several attribute syntaxes can be derived by substituting text for the 
asterisk.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The computer and its associated devices and programs.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system address list
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In X.25 communications, the address list, controlled by the
system manager, that all users on the system can use with the
\s12\f(HBxtalk\s12\fH command to make outgoing calls.
		|.XREF|address list
		|.XREF|user address list
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system call
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A request by an active process for a service by the system
kernel.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSPortGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system call switch table
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Contains the address for the specific handler routine that
handles the system call.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|System Control machine
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: The machine that distributes common configuration files
to other server machines in the cell or administrative domain.
The System Control machine runs
the server portion of the Update Server for this purpose.
		|.XREF|server machine
		|.XREF|Update Server
		|.XREF|upserver
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system customization
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Specifying the devices, programs, and users for a particular
data processing system.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system date
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The date assigned by the system user during setup and maintained
by the system.
		|.XREF|creation date
		|.XREF|program date
		|.XREF|session date
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system dump
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A copy from storage of all active programs (and their associated
data) whenever an error stops the system. Contrast with \(LI\s12\f(HItask
dump\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system event log
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A collection of records about system events and activities that
is maintained by a transaction processing system.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system image
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The representation of a program (and its related data) as it
exists at the time it reside in main storage.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system management
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The tasks involved in maintaining the system in good working
order and modifying the system to meet changing requirements.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system Menu
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|*
          |.XREF|window Menu
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system modal
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|A state of a window in which interaction is limited
to that window.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system node
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In the hierarchy of device locations, this is the highest node.
Every hardware device will lead back to the system node if you follow the
connection path. For example, an SCSI disk is connected to an SCSI adapter
that is connected to a bus that is connected to the system node.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system parameters
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Synonym for \(LI\s12\f(HIkernel parameters\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system profile
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A file containing the default values used in system operations.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system restart
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|initial program load
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system scheduler
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In kernel mode, performs the basic time-sharing that enables the
processor to be shared among many users.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system startup
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|initial program load
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|system time
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The time value that the operating system maintains according 
to its reading of the system's hardware clock.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
