8.1.14 Definitions and Acronyms

BITNET - Time Network
CASE - Computer-Aided Software Engineering
CICS - Custom Information Control System (Online communication between terminal users and a database)
DB2 - DataBase 2 (relational database management system where data is defined and accessed in terms of tables)
DSM - Distributed Systems Management
EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
EDMS - Electronic Document Management Systems
E-Mail - Electronic Mail (CICS transaction - MAIL)
GUIs - Graphical User Interface
Host Computer - Hitachi Data Systems EX/80 (equivalent to IBM 3090/200J)
ISPF/PDF- Interactive System Productivity Facility/Program Development Facility
JESQ - Job Entry Subsystem 2 Spool Query Facility (a CICS transaction)
LAN - Local Area Network
PS/2 - Personal System/2
OS/2 -Operating System - EE (Extended Edition)
QMF - Query Management Facility (used for interactive and batch queries and report writing)
RACF - Resource Access Control Facility
SAA - Systems Application Architecture
SNA - System Network Architecture
SPUF - SQL Processing Using File Input
SQL - Structured Query Language
SystemView - System management architecture for linking Host, Workbenches & LAN in an enterprise-wide environment
TSO - Time Sharing Option
VSAM - Virtual Storage Access Method
WAN - Wide Area Network
Workbench - Workstation (minicomputer & printer)
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

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