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Understanding Your System Concept Guide for the HP 3000 Series 9X7LX
Understanding Your System Concept Guide for the HP 3000 Series 9X7LX : COPYRIGHT
Ch 1. What Is a Computer?
Parts and Pieces--Seen and Unseen
Hardware
Peripheral devices
Software
Files
What Are Programs?
How Do Programs Do What They Do?
The Idea Behind Computing
Your mental computer
So a computer is....
What computers do
Interruptions
Shutdowns
Backups
System too busy
What to do
Ch 2. Where Am I?Logging On
Maintaining Order
Gaining Admission
Starting a Session
When you log on
I have logged on--now where am i?
The address of files
The full names of files
Where is that file?
User names
Session names
Password protection
Logging on without a group
Shared group
SYS--A Special Account
MANAGER.SYS
OPERATOR.SYS
The PUB group
The account manager
Ch 3. What Are Files?
Where Are The Files?
Disk memory
File recording
Pointing to the right pieces
The naming of files
The Location of Files
File names and logons
Types of files
Execution or information
Mnemonics
The File Connection
Devices
$STDIN and $STDLIST
The LDEV connection
The console
Other LDEVs
The file equation connection
Input default for PRINT
Redirecting STORE
Configuration--teaching the computer
Spool files/print files
Ch 4. Here I Am--What Can I Do?
Capabilities
Who Can, Who Cannot...
In charge of the entire system
In charge, day to day
In charge of an account
At the group level
Users
If you log on in...
User JOHN logs on in PUB
User JOHN logs on in MYGROUP
User John logs on in OTHERGRP
Other capabilities
Can I...?
Programs
Commands
Starting Programs
Starting with the RUN command
Starting without the RUN command
Path restriction
Name restriction
Starting with the XEQ command
Ch 5. Where Does the Information Go?
To and From Your Terminal
What computers "know"
Understanding your command
Acting on your command
Destinations for Information
Computer memory
Random access memory (RAM)
Read only memory (ROM)
Disk--saving information
Tape--protecting information
Backing up files: full or partial
Printers
Spool Files/Print files
Output spool files
Input spool files
Ch 6. Behind the Scenes
Why Numbers?
Binary notation
ASCII code
Control and Escape
Letters and numbers
Files: ASCII or binary?
A Practical Problem
Addition--Computer Problem Solving
Ch 7. Commands
Types of Commands
Restricted commands
Console commands
Command Parameters
Optional parameters
Required parameters
Help with Commands
Syntax diagrams
Variables and keywords
Variable--required parameter
Variable--optional parameter
Keyword--not variable
The elements of syntax
Defaulted or Omitted Parameters
PRINT--A Closer Look
Ch 8. Command Files and Jobs
Command Files
Jobs and Job Files
Job or Session?
Starting jobs through HP Easytime/iX
Starting jobs through MPE/iX Commands
When You Run a Job
At the start
Job priority
Getting over the fence
Scheduling
Errors and your job listing
INDEX
Index