Glossary – HP Integrity NonStop H-Series User Manual
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Glossary
abend. Abnormal end. Also known as abort. The SWID utility abends if it cannot complete
its process. An error message is displayed.
current fingerprint. A fingerprint of a file computed by reading the current contents of the
file.
composite fingerprint. A fingerprint of fingerprints of all files in the specified file set.
original fingerprint. The current fingerprint computed when a file is created.
MD4. Message Digest 4 algorithm, used to compute unique fingerprints.
SUT. Site update tape. This tape is used to distribute software for all NonStop systems.
SWID. Software Identification utility.
VPROC. Version Procedure utility, used for extracting version procedures from object and
microcode files.