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Command Name Type Description
external.format Definition The 'human-readable' form of data representation.
internal.format Definition The way data is stored in Pick.
maxfid Definition Last addressable fid.
pa Definition
perf Definition
general.blocked.io Definition Defined blocked IO.
basic.retrieval.locks Definition Description of retrieval locks.
modulo.def Definition The number of groups allocated as the primary space of a file.
abs Definition Absolute frames.
access.selection.processor Definition Gathers items for Access processes.
account Definition Description of account.
active.list Definition A list of strings delimited by attribute marks created by one of the list-generating processes.
adi Definition Acronym for Attribute-Defining Item.
amc Definition Attribute Mark Count.
any Definition A key which produces character output.
ascii Definition Definition of ASCII.
ascii.codes Definition The standard ASCII code table.
attribute Definition Field used to store data within an item.
attribute.mark Definition Used to separate attibutes in items.
b-tree Definition Balanced-tree index.
backward.link.zero Definition Backward link zero is a file system error.
basic Definition Pick's primary programming language.
blz Definition
branching Definition
ccb Definition See 'cursor control block' and 'assignfq'.
clipboard Definition Temporary storage area used by DOS, Windows & Pick.
command Definition Invokes TCL process.
conversion Definition Conversion codes are listed under 'processing codes'.
correlative Definition References attribute 8 of dictionary.
crt Definition Acronym for 'Cathode Ray Tube'.
cruise Definition See 'cruising'.
cursor Definition The thing on the screen that moves when you type.
cursor.control.block Definition Description of cursor control block.
cut.paste Definition Definition and description.
d-pointer Definition Defines a 'real' file's location.
deleting.items Definition see 'save'.
delimiter Definition Separates elements in a statement, command or data.
dictionaries Definition Description of dictionary level of file system.
dictionaries.as.operators Definition Description of using dictionaries as operators.
dirty.bits Definition The flag set on changed items.
dm.account Definition The 'data manager' account.
double.space Definition
ebcdic Definition Definition of EBCDIC
expression Definition Description of expression.
fcb Definition See 'file control block'.
fdi Definition Acronym for file-defining item.
fid Definition Contraction for 'frame-id'.
file Definition Description of Pick files.
file-locks Definition see 'file lock codes'
file.control.block Definition Description of file control block.
file.defining.items Definition File-defining item overview.
file.lock.codes Definition Description of retrieval/update locks.
file.name Definition The name of a Pick file.
file.paths Definition see 'file.reference'.
file.reference Definition How to reference files in Pick.
files Definition Description of Pick file organization.
flusher Definition Description of flusher.
font Definition A character typeface.
frame Definition Description of a frame.
full.duplex Definition A terminal mode which sends but does not display a keystroke.
full.restore Definition A total reload of the file system.
general.assembler Definition
general.binary.q.ptr Definition Description of Binary Files
general.dialer Definition defines the dialer subsystem
general.element Definition
general.entity Definition
general.hangup Definition General discussion about modem hangups
general.header.q.ptr Definition Description of Header Files
general.hot.backup Definition Hot Backup Configuration
general.osfi Definition Open Systems File Interface
general.pick.q.ptr Definition
general.remote Definition
general.super.q.ptr Definition Extended q-pointer for accessing non-Pick and/or non-local files.
general.tape-socket Definition Tape device across a network
general.unix.q.ptr Definition Description of Unix Remote Files
gfe Definition Abbreviation for Group Format Error.
gfe.handler Definition Description of GFE handler.
group Definition Statistical gathering of frames in a file.
group.format.error Definition
half.duplex Definition A terminal mode which displays and sends a keystroke.
hashing Definition Pick's retrieval algorithm.
hung.port Definition
incremental.restore Definition Restores items from last incremental save tape.
incremental.save Definition Saves items changed since last save.
installation Definition see your System Installation Guide.
item Definition A collection of attributes, values, and subvalues.
item-id Definition The key to an item.
levels Definition Description of level pushing.
linked.overflow Definition Additional frames attached to a file's primary file space.
locking.scheme Definition Locking schemes.
locks Definition
logon Definition
macros Definition Overview of macros.
master.dictionary Definition The vocabulary file for an account.
menus Definition An overview of the menu processor.
messages.format Definition See 'messages file'.
meta.characters Definition The term used for the set of Pick reserved delimiters.
overflow.protection Definition
overflow.table Definition Pick's overflow-handling scheme.
tcl.pa Definition
passwords Definition Description of user and account passwords.
paths Definition see 'file.reference'.
phantom.ports Definition Overview of phantom ports.
pib Definition Acronym for 'process identification block'.
pib.status Definition Explanation of pib status'.
pick.training Definition
pointer.item Definition Pointer item overview
port Definition The connection between a device and the physical system.
port.number Definition The port number associated with the process.
primary.file.space Definition The number of groups allocated to a file.
primary.list Definition An 'active' select-list.
system.privileges Definition Description of privilege levels.
privileges Definition see 'system privileges'.
prompt.chars.ap Definition Prompt characters from each processor.
q-pointer Definition Defines a duplicate (synonym) name for an already-existing file.
tcl.qa Definition
qa Definition
qs-pointer Definition Defines a remote file which is saved as if it were local.
s-pointer Definition Defines a remote file which is saved as if it were local.
ref Definition The on-line form of the Advanced Pick Reference Manual.
report.form Definition
reserved.delimiters Definition
restore Definition
restricted.system.access Definition Restarts the user logon macro on 'end'.
scrubber Definition a mechanism on certain older AP releases to provide overflow protection in the event of a system halt.
secondary.list Definition A list of item-id's generated by one of the list-generating processes while an active list is present.
security Definition An overview of Pick security.
segment.mark Definition Used to separate items within frames.
seq Definition Control item used by 'ms' processing code.
start.buffer.mark Definition Used primarily to pad tape records.
sub-value Definition Field used to store data within a value.
sub-value.mark Definition Used to separate subvalues within values.
synonym.defining.items Definition Synonym files, or 'q-pointers'.
sysbase Definition Base fid of the file system.
system.delimiters Definition See 'delimiter'.
tape.handling.verbs Definition 'Tape' is a generic reference to the currently attached peripheral storage device.
transaction.logger Definition The transaction logger is a crash protection mechanism
user-id Definition Item-id for 'users' logon items.
value Definition Field used to store data within an attribute.
value.mark Definition Used to separate values within attributes.
virtual.machine Definition Description of virtual machine.
x-off Definition x-off / +s
x-on Definition x-on / +q
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