Glossary

ABEND                              ABNORMAL END
ANSI                                  AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE
APAR                                 AUTHORIZED PROGRAM ANALYSIS REPORT
ASCII                                 AMERICAN STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE

ADS/O                               APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM/ONLINE

BDAM                               BASIC DATA ACCESS METHOD
BLL                                    BASE LOCATOR FOR LINKAGE
BTS                                    BATCH TERMINAL SIMULATOR

CCCA                                 COBOL & CICS COMMAND LEVEL CONVERSION AID
CICS                                   CUSTOMER INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM
CMS                                   CONVERSATIONAL MONITOR SYSTEM
COBOL                              COMMON BUSINESS ORIENTED LANGUAGE
COBOL/SF                        COBOL STRUCTURING FACILITY
CODASYL                        CONFERENCE ON DATA SYSTEM LANGUAGE
CSP                                    CROSS SYSTEM PRODUCT


DASD                                 DIRECT ACCESS STORAGE DEVICE
DBCS                                 DOUBLE BYTE CHARACTER SET
DB/DC                               DATABASE/DATA COMMUNICATION
DFA                                    DATA FACILITY PRODUCT
DFSORT                            DATA FACILITY SORT
DL/I                                    DATA LANGUAGE / 1

EBCDIC                             EXTENDED BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE
ELPA                                  EXTENDED LINK PACK AREA
ESA                                    ENHANCED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
ESDS                                  ENTRY SEQUENTIAL DATA SET
ETK                                    EASY TOOL KIT for COBOL

FDUMP                              FORMATTED DUMP
FIPS                                    FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARD

IMS                                    INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
ISAM                                 INDEXED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD
ISPF                                   INTERACTIVE SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY FACILITY
ISO                                     INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION
                                                                                     (not International Standard Organization!?)
KSDS                                 KEY SEQUENTIAL DATA SET


MS COBOL                      MICROSOFT COBOL
MVS                                  MULTIPLE VIRTUAL STORAGE
MVS/ESA                         MVS/ENTERPRISE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
MVS/SP                            MVS/SYSTEM PRODUCT
MVS/XA                           MVS/EXTENDED ARCHITECTURE

ODBC                               OPEN DATABASE CONNECTIVITY
OO COBOL                      OBJECT ORIENTED COBOL
OS/VS COBOL                OPERATING SYSTEM/VIRTUAL STORAGE COBOL

PCB                                   PROGRAM CONTROL BLOCK
PDF                                   PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FACILITY
                                                         (not portable document format!!?)
PTF                                   PROGRAM TEMPORARY FIX

QSAM                              QUEUED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD

RRDS                               RELATIVE RECORD DATA SET

SAA                                 SYSTEM APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE
SBCS                               SINGLE BYTE CHARACTER SET
SMP/E                             SYSTEM MODIFICATION PROGRAM/ EXTENDED
SQL                                 STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE
SQLDA                           SQL DATA AREA

TSO                                 TIME SHARING OPTION

UIB                                  USER INTERFACE BLOCK

VA COBOL                    VISUAL AGE COBOL
VS COBOL                    VIRTUAL COBOL
VSAM                            VIRTUAL STORAGE ACCESS METHOD
VSCR                             VIRTUAL STORAGE CONSTRAINT RELIEF
VM                                 VIRTUAL MACHINE

XA                                   EXTENDED ARCHITECTURE
XREF                              STORAGE CROSS REFERENCE