NGEN Operating System
A Hardware-agnostic Overview - covering system server structures and the protocols between.
Primary Processing (PP): infrastructure control of hardware chassis power, user, and data interfaces
Supervisor:
starts, manages, monitors node hardware and servers
Register:
records features and addresses of functional nodes
Messenger:
passes communication between feature servers
Spooler:
queue streaming data between functional nodes
Retainer:
stores the configuration and data on local node
Core Servers (CS): shared data processing services
Translator:
converts between document/stream formats
Printer:
renders data for printing devices
Protector:
encryption services
Compressor:
compression services
Core Functions (CF): essential user interactive processes
Commander:
command-line interface administration console
Presenter:
visual display of console and supervisor state
Feature Modules (FM): add on features with, or without, physical external interfaces
Floater:
3D POV UI display interface