Glossary
ACL
Access Control List
AKA Name
Also Known As Name parameter
ASN
Application Server Name
ASO
OpenROAD Server Object
ASO connection signature
An ASO connection signature (also known as application signature) is a unique signature that is a combination of ImageFile and CmdFlags strings.
ASOLib
The OpenROAD Server library (ASOLib) is a 4GL library built into OpenROAD. It facilitates persistent OpenROAD Server session contect and pseudo-conversational dialogue between client and server applications.
ASP
Active Server Page
asreg
Application Server Installer utility
BO
Business Object
BPM
Business Policy Manager
BSTR
Binary stream or binary string
COM
Microsoft Component Object Model
DCOM
Distributed Component Object Model (COM)
DCOMCNFG
DCOM Configuration Utility
DLL
Dynamic Link Library
DNS
Domain Name Server
dormant limit
The dormant limit is the amount of time that a session context can remain unused before it is marked as a candidate for destruction.
DTD
A document type definition is a description of how XML entity tags may be arranged in an XML document based on the definition.
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
GSCP
Generated Service Call Procedure
GUI
Graphical user interface
HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol
IIS
Microsoft Internet Information Server
IP
Internet Protocol
MQT
Multi-query transaction
Name Server
A Name Server is an OpenROAD Server application used by clients to connect to an application by name rather than by hard-coded connection parameters. It is responsible for storage and retrieval of all OpenROAD Server configuration data in the installation’s JSON configuration file (orserver.json).
OpenROAD Server (ASO)
The OpenROAD Server (ASO) is a collection of objects and services that support n‑tiered applications written in the OpenROAD 4GL language. OpenROAD Server facilities allow 4GL business logic to be shared by a wide variety of client programming environments and languages, including web server scripting languages, regular OpenROAD clients, and browser-deployed clients.
ORASO.EXE
OpenROAD Server (ASO) executable
ORSPO.EXE
OpenROAD Server Pooler (SPO) executable
ORSPOSVC.EXE
OpenROAD Server Pooler (SPO) service, a Microsoft Windows service listed as "OpenROAD Service"
OSCA
Object Server Communications Area
PDO
OpenROAD Parameter Data COM Object
RSO
Remote Server Object. The OpenROAD Remote Server COM object provides the methods that enable a client to connect to a desired OpenROAD application image and to call 4GL procedures in that application image.
SCP
Service Call Procedure
Server Manager
The OpenROAD Server Manager utility, available on the OpenROAD Workbench Manage tab. Formerly called the Visual OpenROAD Server Administrator (Visual OSA).
Service Call Procedure (SCP)
A service call procedure is a 4GL procedure executed from a remote client.
SPO
OpenROAD Server Pooler. The SPO is a multithreaded server that creates and manages a shared pool of ASO slave processes. It multiplexes 4GL calls from its clients, forwarding them to an available ASO slave process.
SRS
SerialRemoteServer COM object
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
UOW
Unit of work
VB
Microsoft Visual Basic
VBA
Visual Basic for Applications
Visual OSA (VOSA)
Visual OpenROAD Server Administration utility. Now called the OpenROAD Server Manager.
XML
eXtensible Markup Language
XSLT
eXtensible Style Language Transformation
Last modified date: 12/20/2023