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| name of running program | 2.3 Error Messages |
| name of socket | 16.3 Socket Addresses |
| Name Service Switch | 28. System Databases and Name Service Switch |
| name space | 1.3.3 Reserved Names |
| names of signals | 24.2 Standard Signals |
| namespace (of socket) | 16.1 Socket Concepts |
| NaN | 20.5.2 Infinity and NaN |
| NaN | 20.8.5 Setting and modifying single bits of FP values |
| netgroup | 28.1 NSS Basics |
| Netgroup | 29.16.1 Netgroup Data |
| network byte order | 16.6.5 Byte Order Conversion |
| network number | 16.6.2.1 Internet Host Addresses |
| network protocol | 16.1 Socket Concepts |
| networks | 28.1 NSS Basics |
| networks database | 16.13 Networks Database |
| NIS | 30.1 Host Identification |
| NIS domain name | 30.1 Host Identification |
| NIS domain name | 30.1 Host Identification |
| NIS domain name | 30.1 Host Identification |
| nisplus, and booting | 28.2.2 Actions in the NSS configuration |
| nisplus, and completeness | 28.2.2 Actions in the NSS configuration |
| NLSPATH environment variable | 8.1.1 The catgets function family |
| NLSPATH environment variable | 25.4.2 Standard Environment Variables |
| non-blocking open | 13.14.2 Open-time Flags |
| non-local exit, from signal handler | 24.4.3 Nonlocal Control Transfer in Handlers |
| non-local exits | 23. Non-Local Exits |
| noncanonical input processing | 17.3 Two Styles of Input: Canonical or Not |
| normalization functions (floating-point) | 20.8.2 Normalization Functions |
| normalized floating point number | A.5.3.1 Floating Point Representation Concepts |
| not a number | 20.5.2 Infinity and NaN |
| NSS | 28. System Databases and Name Service Switch |
| ‘nsswitch.conf’ | 28.2 The NSS Configuration File |
| null character | 5.1 Representation of Strings |
| null pointer constant | A.3 Null Pointer Constant |
| null wide character | 5.1 Representation of Strings |
| number of arguments passed | A.2.2.3 How Many Arguments Were Supplied |
| number syntax, parsing | 20.11 Parsing of Numbers |
| numeric value formatting | 7.6.1 localeconv: It is portable but … |
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| obstack status | 3.2.4.8 Status of an Obstack |
| obstacks | 3.2.4 Obstacks |
| open-time action flags | 13.14.2 Open-time Flags |
| opening a file | 11.1 Input/Output Concepts |
| opening a file descriptor | 13.1 Opening and Closing Files |
| opening a pipe | 15.1 Creating a Pipe |
| opening a pseudo-terminal pair | 17.8.2 Opening a Pseudo-Terminal Pair |
| opening a socket | 16.8.1 Creating a Socket |
| opening a socket pair | 16.8.3 Socket Pairs |
| opening a stream | 12.3 Opening Streams |
| Optimization | 19.9 Is Fast Code or Small Code preferred? |
| optimizing NSS | 28.2.3 Notes on the NSS Configuration File |
| option parsing with argp | 25.3 Parsing Program Options with Argp |
| optional arguments | A.2 Variadic Functions |
| optional POSIX features | 31.2 Overall System Options |
| orientation, stream | 12.3 Opening Streams |
| orientation, stream | 12.6 Streams in Internationalized Applications |
| orphaned process group | 27.5 Orphaned Process Groups |
| out-of-band data | 16.9.8 Out-of-Band Data |
| output conversions, for printf | 12.12.3 Table of Output Conversions |
| output possible signal | 24.2.4 Asynchronous I/O Signals |
| overflow exception | 20.5.1 FP Exceptions |
| owner of a file | 14.9.4 File Owner |
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| packet | 16.1 Socket Concepts |
| page boundary | 3.2.2.7 Allocating Aligned Memory Blocks |
| page fault | 3.1 Process Memory Concepts |
| page fault, copy-on-write | 3.4.2 Locked Memory Details |
| page frame | 3.1 Process Memory Concepts |
| page, memory | 22.4.1 Overview about traditional Unix memory handling |
| page, virtual memory | 3.1 Process Memory Concepts |
| paging | 3.1 Process Memory Concepts |
| paging | 3.4 Locking Pages |
| parameter promotion | 5.2 String and Array Conventions |
| parent directory | 11.2.2 File Name Resolution |
| parent process | 26. Processes |
| parent process | 26.2 Process Creation Concepts |
| parity checking | 17.4.4 Input Modes |
| parsing a template string | 12.12.10 Parsing a Template String |
| parsing numbers (in formatted input) | 20.11 Parsing of Numbers |
| parsing program arguments | 25.1.2 Parsing Program Arguments |
| parsing tokens from a string | 5.8 Finding Tokens in a String |
| passwd | 28.1 NSS Basics |
| password database | 29.13 User Database |
| PATH environment variable | 25.4.2 Standard Environment Variables |
| pause function | 24.8 Waiting for a Signal |
| peeking at input | 12.10 Unreading |
| pending signals | 24.1.3 How Signals Are Delivered |
| pending signals, checking for | 24.7.6 Checking for Pending Signals |
| period of time | 21.1 Time Basics |
| permission to access a file | 14.9.6 How Your Access to a File is Decided |
| persona | 29.2 The Persona of a Process |
| physical address | 22.4.1 Overview about traditional Unix memory handling |
| physical memory | 22.4.1 Overview about traditional Unix memory handling |
| pi (trigonometric constant) | 19.2 Trigonometric Functions |
| pipe | 15. Pipes and FIFOs |
| pipe signal | 24.2.6 Operation Error Signals |
| pipe to a subprocess | 15.2 Pipe to a Subprocess |
| port number | 16.6.3 Internet Ports |
| positioning a file descriptor | 13.3 Setting the File Position of a Descriptor |
| positioning a stream | 12.18 File Positioning |
| positive difference | 20.8.7 Miscellaneous FP arithmetic functions |
| POSIX | 1.2.2 POSIX (The Portable Operating System Interface) |
| POSIX capacity limits | 31.1 General Capacity Limits |
| POSIX optional features | 31.2 Overall System Options |
| POSIX.1 | 1.2.2 POSIX (The Portable Operating System Interface) |
| POSIX.2 | 1.2.2 POSIX (The Portable Operating System Interface) |
| power functions | 19.4 Exponentiation and Logarithms |
| precision (of floating point number) | A.5.3.1 Floating Point Representation Concepts |
| precision (printf) | 12.12.2 Output Conversion Syntax |
| predicates on arrays | 5.5 String/Array Comparison |
| predicates on characters | 4.1 Classification of Characters |
| predicates on strings | 5.5 String/Array Comparison |
| preemptive scheduling | 22.3.1 Absolute Priority |
| primitives, interrupting | 24.5 Primitives Interrupted by Signals |
| printing character | 4.1 Classification of Characters |
| printing character | 4.3 Character class determination for wide characters |
| priority of a process | 22.3 Process CPU Priority And Scheduling |
| priority, absolute | 22.3.1 Absolute Priority |
| process | 25. The Basic Program/System Interface |
| process | 26. Processes |
| process completion | 26.6 Process Completion |
| process group functions | 27.7 Functions for Job Control |
| process group ID | 27.6.3 Launching Jobs |
| process group leader | 27.6.3 Launching Jobs |
| process groups | 27. Job Control |
| process ID | 26.2 Process Creation Concepts |
| process image | 26.2 Process Creation Concepts |
| process lifetime | 26.2 Process Creation Concepts |
| process priority | 22.3 Process CPU Priority And Scheduling |
| process signal mask | 24.7.3 Process Signal Mask |
| process termination | 25.6 Program Termination |
| processor time | 21.1 Time Basics |
| processor time | 21.3.2 Processor Time Inquiry |
| profiling alarm signal | 24.2.3 Alarm Signals |
| profiling timer | 21.5 Setting an Alarm |
| program | 25. The Basic Program/System Interface |
| program argument syntax | 25.1.1 Program Argument Syntax Conventions |
| program arguments | 25.1 Program Arguments |
| program arguments, parsing | 25.1.2 Parsing Program Arguments |
| program error signals | 24.2.1 Program Error Signals |
| program name | 2.3 Error Messages |
| program startup | 25.1 Program Arguments |
| program termination | 25.6 Program Termination |
| program termination signals | 24.2.2 Termination Signals |
| programming your own streams | 12.21.3 Programming Your Own Custom Streams |
| project complex numbers | 20.10 Projections, Conjugates, and Decomposing of Complex Numbers |
| protocol (of socket) | 16.1 Socket Concepts |
| protocol family | 16.1 Socket Concepts |
| protocols | 28.1 NSS Basics |
| protocols database | 16.6.6 Protocols Database |
| prototypes for variadic functions | A.2.2.1 Syntax for Variable Arguments |
| pseudo-random numbers | 19.8 Pseudo-Random Numbers |
| pseudo-terminals | 17.8 Pseudo-Terminals |
| punctuation character | 4.1 Classification of Characters |
| punctuation character | 4.3 Character class determination for wide characters |
| pushing input back | 12.10 Unreading |
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