IBM OS/390 User Manual

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ACB 
Access Control Block
ACF/NCP 
Advanced Communications
Facility/Network Control
Program
ACF/SSP 
Advanced Communications
Facility/???
ACIF 
AFP Conversion and Indexing
Facility
ACS 
Automatic Class Selection
ADSTAR 
ADvanced STorage And
Retrieval
AFF 
AFFinity
AFP 
Advanced Function
Presentation
AFPDS 
Advanced Function Printing
Data Stream
AIX 
Advanced Interactive
eXecutive
AMA 
Automatic Message
Accounting
AMODE 
Addressing MODE
AMS 
Access Method Services
ANSI 
American National Standards
Institute
AOR 
Application Owning Region
APAR 
Authorized Program Analysis
Report
APF 
Authorized Program Facility
API 
Application Program Interface
APPC 
Advanced
Program-to-Program
Communication
APPL 
APPLication
APPLID 
APPLication IDentifier
APPN 
Advanced Peer-to-Peer
Networking
AR 
Application Requester
ASCII 
American National Standard
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
BLL 
Base Locator for Linkage
BLP 
Bypass Label Processing
BOS 
Basic Operating System
BPAM 
Basic Partitioned Access
M e t h o d
BSAM 
Basic Sequential Access
M e t h o d
BSC 
Binary Synchronous
Communication
BSD 
Berkeley Software
Distribution
BSF 
Back Space File
BSL 
Basic Systems Language
BSR 
Back Space Record
BTAM 
Basic Telecommunications
Access Method
BTAM-ES 
BTAM-Extended Support
BWO 
Backup-While-Open
C + +  
A programming language, a
preprocessor to C
CA 
Control Area
CAT 
CATalog
CBIPO 
Custom Built Initial Program
Offering
CBPDO 
Custom-Built Product Delivery
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
CEC 
Central Electronics Complex
CEE 
Common Execution
Environment
CEMT 
CICS Master Terminal
Transaction
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