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NCL Process Identifier

Each NCL process has a unique number associated with it when it starts execution. This is the NCL Process Identifier (NCLID), and it is a 6-digit number in the range 1 to 999999. Processes executing at the same time carry different identifiers.

The process identifier lets individual processes be identified, even when processes are executing the same procedure.

The process identifier is used principally to specify which process is to be the target of a command such as GO, FLUSH, or INTQ, all of which can talk to NCL processes.