character

Glossary

An element used for the organization, con trol, or represen tation of text.

 

Characters include graphic c haracters and con trol characters.

 

click

 

To press and release a mouse button rapidly .

 

cluster

A group of workstations connected via a LAN. One computer, the cluster server, performs as a ￿le-system serv er for the cluster clients.

(For information on clusters, see Managing Clusters of HP9000 Computers: Sharing the HP-UX Filing System ).

cluster client

A cluster node that does not ha ve a local HP-UX ￿le system. Its ￿le system resides on the cluster serv er. However for HP-UX 8.0, cluster clien ts can have locally mounted disks for local data storage.

A client can also refer to an y process run by a server.

cluster node

Any workstation net worked into an HP-UX cluster. (Also called \cnode".)

cluster server

The cluster node whic h acts as a ￿le system serv er and operating system server for all the cluster nodes in an HP-UX cluster. Also called cluster root server.

cnode

Abbreviation for cluster node.

CPU

Central Processing Unit. The instruction-processing module of the computer. See also SPU.

C Shell

An HP-UX command in terpreter, invoked as csh.

current working directory

The directory in whic h relative path name searc hes begin. It is also called

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