IBM OS/390 User Manual
List of Abbreviations
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ACB
Access Control Block
ACF/NCP
Advanced Communications
Facility/Network Control
Program
Facility/Network Control
Program
ACF/SSP
Advanced Communications
Facility/???
Facility/???
ACIF
AFP Conversion and Indexing
Facility
Facility
ACS
Automatic Class Selection
ADSTAR
ADvanced STorage And
Retrieval
Retrieval
AFF
AFFinity
AFP
Advanced Function
Presentation
Presentation
AFPDS
Advanced Function Printing
Data Stream
Data Stream
AIX
Advanced Interactive
eXecutive
eXecutive
AMA
Automatic Message
Accounting
Accounting
AMODE
Addressing MODE
AMS
Access Method Services
ANSI
American National Standards
Institute
Institute
AOR
Application Owning Region
APAR
Authorized Program Analysis
Report
Report
APF
Authorized Program Facility
API
Application Program Interface
APPC
Advanced
Program-to-Program
Communication
Program-to-Program
Communication
APPL
APPLication
APPLID
APPLication IDentifier
APPN
Advanced Peer-to-Peer
Networking
Networking
AR
Application Requester
ASCII
American National Standard
Code for Information
Interchange
Code for Information
Interchange
ASID
Address Space IDentifier
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
BCD
Binary Coded Decimal
BCP
Basic Control Program
BCS
Basic Catalog Structure
BDAM
Basic Direct Access Method
BDT
Batch Data Interface
BG
BackGround
BISAM
Basic index Sequential
Access Method
Access Method
BLL
Base Locator for Linkage
BLP
Bypass Label Processing
BOS
Basic Operating System
BPAM
Basic Partitioned Access
M e t h o d
M e t h o d
BSAM
Basic Sequential Access
M e t h o d
M e t h o d
BSC
Binary Synchronous
Communication
Communication
BSD
Berkeley Software
Distribution
Distribution
BSF
Back Space File
BSL
Basic Systems Language
BSR
Back Space Record
BTAM
Basic Telecommunications
Access Method
Access Method
BTAM-ES
BTAM-Extended Support
BWO
Backup-While-Open
C + +
A programming language, a
preprocessor to C
preprocessor to C
CA
Control Area
CAT
CATalog
CBIPO
Custom Built Initial Program
Offering
Offering
CBPDO
Custom-Built Product Delivery
Option
Option
CCB
Channel Command Block
CCH
Channel Check Handler
CCCA
Cobol CICS Conversion Aid
CCW
Channel Command Word
CD
Compact Disc
CD-ROM
Compact Disk - Read Only
M e m o r y
M e m o r y
CEC
Central Electronics Complex
CEE
Common Execution
Environment
Environment
CEMT
CICS Master Terminal
Transaction
Transaction
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