Asynchronous Serial Communications Programmer's Reference Manual (32022-90052)

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Glossary
minicomputers. NS3000/iX
consists of a link and network
services.
NS3000/iX Link Software and
hardware that provides the
connection between nodes on a
network. Some of the NS3000/iX
links available are the ThinLAN
3000/iX Link and its ThickLAN
option, the DTC/X.25 iX Network
Link, the NS Point-to-Point
3000/iX Link, and the
StarLAN 10 3000/iX link.
NS3000/iX Network Services
Software applications that can be
used to access data, initiate
processes, and exchange
information among nodes in a
network. The services are RPM,
VT, RFA, RDBA, and NFT.
NSDIR.NET.SYS Name of the
active network directory file. See
also network directory.
O
octet An eight-bit byte operated
upon as an entity.
OpenView HP OpenView
Windows is HP’s network
management environment. It
provides the basic services for
accessing and managing
networks used by the DTC
Manager, and other applications,
such as Switch/PAD Manager,
Hub Manager, etc.
OpenView Admin An
OpenViewWindowsprogram that
enables you to configure how your
OpenView Windows applications
will function. For example, it
enables you to set a default map
for the OpenView DTC Manager.
OpenView Draw An OpenView
Windows program that is used to
draw the network map and to
label the components on it.
OpenView DTC Manager An
OpenView Windows application
that enables you to configure,
control, monitor,andtroubleshoot
the operation of the Distributed
Terminal Subsystems on the
LAN.
OpenView Run An OpenView
Windows program that covers
most of the control features used
by the DTC Manager, including
monitoring and diagnostic
functions.
OpenView Windows The set of
three programs: OV Admin, OV
Draw and OV Run, running on
the OpenView workstation under
MS Windows, that acts as the
platform for all OpenView
applications, such as DTC
Manager.
OpenView Windows
Workstation The personal
computer that provides software
downloads to enable operation of
the Datacommunications and
Terminal Controller (DTC). The
configuration software that runs
on this workstation is called the
OpenView DTC Manager
software.