- Industry: Computer
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Sometimes referred to as “Big Blue” IBM is a multinational corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York. It manufactures computer hardware and software and provides information technology and services.
A discrete point in a workflow or document routing process through which an individual work item, document, or folder must pass. See also document routing process, workflow.
Industry:Software
A discrete unit of storage on disk, tape or other data recording medium that supports some form of identifier and parameter list, such as a volume label or input/output control.
Industry:Software
A disc device that stores data in blocks of fixed size. These blocks are addressed by block number relative to the beginning of the file. See also extended count key data device.
Industry:Software
A disc storage device for storing data in the format: count field normally followed by a key field followed by the actual data of a record. The count field contains, in addition to other information, the address of the record in the format: CCHHR (where CC is the two-digit cylinder number, HH is the two-digit head number, and R is the record number) and the length of the data. The key field contains the record's key (search argument).
Industry:Software
A disc storage device that has a data transfer rate faster than some processors can utilize. A specialised channel programme is needed to convert ordinary CKD channel programmes for use with an ECKD device. See also fixed-block architecture disc device.
Industry:Software
A diskette on which the control information for a particular computer system has been written but which may or may not contain any data.
Industry:Software
A diskette provided by IBM to registered service coordinators for resolving user-identified problems with previously installed software. This diskette includes programme updates designed to resolve problems.
Industry:Software
A display device assigned by the operating system to function as the console if the console is not working. The system searches for an alternative console when contact with the system console fails.
Industry:Software
A display station that has the characteristics of Teletype equipment or typewriters. The display station has a one-line input field at the bottom of the screen. The output field is located above the input field and receives data, one line at a time, with the most recent data at the bottom of the output field.
Industry:Software
