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International Business Machines
Industry: Computer
Number of terms: 98482
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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.
An IMS function that enables users to create, update, query, and delete the following IMS resources and their descriptors dynamically, without using the batch system definition or online change processes: application programs; databases; Fast Path routing codes; transactions.
Industry:Software
An IMS function that supports the adding, changing, or deleting of IMS resources online such as transactions, database directories, programme directories, DMBs, PSBs, and Fast Path routing codes without stopping the system to define them.
Industry:Software
An IMS global lock manager that resides in its own address space. IRLM is required for block-level database sharing, either under DBCTL control or in an IMS data sharing environment.
Industry:Software
An IMS HS organisation that is used for sequential storage and access of segments on tape or direct access storage. BSAM and QSAM are used as the basis for HSAM.
Industry:Software
An IMS in a multisystem environment in which all terminals are handled and a small number of time-consuming transactions are routed to a transaction processing system. See also front-end system, transaction processing system.
Industry:Software
An IMS in a multisystem environment that accepts transactions from the front-end system, calls application programmes for transaction processing, and routes all replies back to the front-end system for response to the terminal. See also front-end system, pseudo-front-end system.
Industry:Software
An IMS interface that allows installations to monitor and control IMS activities. The interface enables an application program, by using DL/I calls, to issue a subset of IMS operator commands and receive command responses; a user exit routine to monitor activities and take appropriate action; and operator commands, responses, and asynchronous output that is destined for the IMS master terminal to be logged to the secondary master terminal.
Industry:Software
An IMS output message sent by one application programme to another application program. See also message switch.
Industry:Software
An IMS process that describes databases, application programs, terminals, and other resources to IMS.
Industry:Software
An IMS queue associated with an MSC logical link to allow routing of asynchronous output messages to the local LTERM in another IMS. See also logical terminal.
Industry:Software
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