- 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 type of EGL programme part that performs tasks without interacting with users in real time.
Industry:Software
A programme variable that is declared in a control language programme and is available only to the CL program.
Industry:Software
A technique for moving data between main storage and input/output devices.
Industry:Software
A type of entry field that shows a scrollable ring of choices from which a user can select a choice. After the last choice is displayed, the first choice is displayed again. A user can also type a choice from the scrollable ring into the entry field without interacting with the spin button.
Industry:Software
A program, or script, that is interpreted by the shell of an operating system.
Industry:Software
A technique for preventing the use of invalid data in an IMS Sysplex data sharing environment. The technique involves marking all copies of data in IMS buffers invalid once a sharing IMS subsystem has updated that data.
Industry:Software
A type of extended-format data set created in a data format that supports record-level or block-level compression.
Industry:Software
A program, written by a user, that receives control at predefined user exit points. When a user exit programme is invoked, the database manager passes control to the executable file. Only one user exit programme can be invoked in a database manager instance.
Industry:Software
A technique for reducing the amount of line traffic between a host processor and an attached subsystem. The reduction is achieved by sending only variable data across the network. This data is combined with constant data by a programme within the subsystem. The formatted data can then be displayed.
Industry:Software
A type of extended-format data set. In the Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM), individual records are put in a compressed-format data set; in the sequential access method (SAM), individual records or blocks are put in a compressed-format data set. See also extended format.
Industry:Software
