16. ANNEXE 4: GLOSSAIRE

Base	Set of direct access files: database GLOBALE consists of the files glob.1, glob.2, glob.3,…
Class	Named by the first letter of the base, the class allows you to associate a JEVEUX object with a file.
Object identifier JEVEUX	For a simple object or a collection this is the order number of insertion into the database directory, for a collection object it is the collection identifier and the order number of insertion into the collection.
Descriptor of a value segment	One of the 8 integers surrounding a segment of values in memory or one of the 3 integers preceding a segment of values on a record (disk or buffer)
Direct access file	File whose records can be accessed directly by name or number
Object JEVEUX	Refers to both simple objects, collections, and collectibles
Simple object	Object whose attributes are directly accessible among the system objects associated with the various classes
Collectibles	Objects whose attributes are shared and managed in simple objects created with the collection
Value segment	Set of values associated with an object JEVEUX and positioned contiguously in memory or on disk
System object	Simple objects managed by the software and intended to collect the values of the various attributes.
Debug Jeveux	Option to use Jeveux to cause the immediate unloading of value segments during releases and the assignment to the value UNDEF or NaN of the freed segment to the value or NaN.