Re: Save while active?

["Peter Dow" <pcdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

quiesce \Qui*esce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quiesced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Quiescing.] [L. quiescere, akin to quies rest, quiet. See Quiet, a. & n.] To
be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. --M. Stuart.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


quiesce v : become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the
speaker entered" [syn: hush, quiet, quieten, quiet down, pipe down]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University


quiesce

<networking> To render quiescent, i.e. temporarily inactive or disabled. For
example to quiesce a device (such as a digital modem). It is also a system
command in MAX TNT software which is used to "Temporarily disable a modem or
DS0 channel".

Also used as an adjective, in the expression "quiesce time".

(2000-03-05)


Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2000 Denis Howe





----- Original Message -----
From: Nelson C. Smith <ncsmith@gate.net>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: Save while active?


> OK, Rob.  I'll byte.....
>
> I've RTFM and cannot find any mention of quiece........:-)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Berendt" <rob@dekko.com>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 2:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Save while active?
>
>
> > What is recommended is that you quiece you system long enough to
> > get the checkpoint and then you can let people back on.  To
> > understand quiece and checkpoint RTM.
>
>
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