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the RESTORE command.
restricting data A way of limiting access to data by grouping data into volumes, volume
classes, and volume sets.
run To execute a program.
run time The environment in which a process is running or executing.
save files capability (SF capability) The capability allowing users to save the files they
create. It is assigned by default to accounts and users.
search path A mechanism that controls which file is opened once a command is
determined not to be a UDC nor an MPE command.
sector A portion of a track on a disk, and the smallest addressable piece of the disk.
MPE-formatted disks use 128-word sectors (256 bytes).
security 1) The provisions that prevent unauthorized users from entering the system,
accessing data, or using resources, programs, or capabilities. 2) The provisions included in
MPE to protect the system from unauthorized use. MPE offers several methods of creating
a secure environment. The most basic level of security includes organizing files into groups
and users into accounts, either of which may be assigned a password. Security also refers
to the ability to read, write, append, lock, and execute files, optionally assigned to accounts
by the system manager and to groups and users by the account manager.
segmented library (SL) A file structure containing code segments that are shareable,
general-use MPE, utility, and subsystem procedures not unique to a particular process.
The three levels of SLs are group library SL, available to any user who can access the
group; the public library SL, accessible to account users; and the system library SL, used
by all system users.
session A mode in which the HP 3000 system is used interactively by entering commands
and data through a terminal's keyboard and receiving immediate responses to input. A
session is initiated with the HELLO command and is ended with the BYE command, or a
second HELLO command that logs the user off the first session and onto another session.
single-user mode A DBEnvironment startup mode that allows only one DBE session to
be active at a time.
single-user state A condition of the MPE/iX operating system in which the system
console provides the only communication mechanism between the system and its user.
single-user system A system that can communicate with only one fixed terminal.
soft reset A reset that initializes a variety of terminal functions but does not reset the
memory.
software A set of programs, instructions, rules, and procedures concerned with the
operation of a computer.