HP OpenVMS Alpha Partitioning and Galaxy Guide

License Process

Glossary 

C  G  H  I  M  N  S

 C 

community   The software entity that enables the sharing ofresources such as memory.

configuration tree  The representation of system components in a diagramwith a branching form.

 G 

Galaxy   An implementation of soft partitions on OpenVMS.

 H 

hard partition  A set of computing resources physically separatedby hardware-enforced access barriers.

 I 

instance   A running operating system.

 M 

mutex   A resource semaphore.

 N 

node   A point of connection in a configuration tree.

non-Galaxy system  A system that is not running Galaxy, or for whichGalaxy has not been turned on.

 S 

soft partition  A set of computing resources separated by software-controlledaccess barriers.

spinlock  Repeatedly checking the status of a bitlock.

License Process