System Management Guide


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Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations

     

ABEND
Abnormal end of task

ACF
Advanced Communication Facility

API
Application program interface

APPC
Advanced Program-to-Program Communications

APPLID
Application ID

BMS
Basic mapping support

CICS
Customer Information Control System

CSD
CICS system definition

DCT
Destination Control Table

DD
Data definition

DND
Do not disturb

DSCB
Data set control block

DTP
Distributed transaction processing

CSD
CICS system definition file

EIB
EXEC interface block

ESDS
Entry sequenced data set

FCT
File Control Table

GDG
Generation data group

IRC
Interregion communication

ISC
Intersystem communication

JCL
Job Control Language

KB
Kilobyte

KSDS
Key sequenced data set

LU
Logical Unit

MB
Megabyte

MRO
Multiregion operation

MVS/ESA
Multiple Virtual Storage/Enterprise Systems Architecture

MVS/XA(TM)
Multiple Virtual Storage/Extended Addressing

OS/390
Operating System/390®

PBX
Private branch exchange

PCT
Program Control Table

PDS
Partitioned data set

PL/I
Programming Language/1

PLT
Program List Table

PPT
Processing Program Table

RDO
Resource Definition Online

SCT
System Configuration Table

SDLC
Synchronous Data Link Control

SIT
System Initialization Table

SMP/E
System Modification Program/Extended

SNA
Systems Network Architecture

SYSIN
System input stream

TCT
Terminal Control Table

TD
Transient data

TS
Temporary storage

TSO
Time Sharing Option

VSAM
Virtual storage access method

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