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Chapter 2 Acronyms and Abbreviations
Below is a listing of many commonly used acronyms and abbreviations, each
followed by the complete non-abbreviated term it represents. A
definition for each acronym and abbreviation can be found in the glossary
of terms in chapter 1 of this book.
ABM asynchronous balanced mode
ACD access control definition
ACU automatic calling unit
AL account librarian capability
ALU arithmetic logic unit
AM account manager capability
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AP access port
ARF access rights field
ARM asynchronous response mode
ASC asynchronous serial communications
ASCII American Standard Code for Information
Interchange
ATP advanced terminal processor
AUI attachment unit interface
BA batch access capability
BASIC Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BCD binary coded decimal
bop bit-oriented protocol
BOT beginning of tape
BPI bytes per inch
bpi bits per inch
bps bits per second
BSC binary synchronous communication
CA CIO adapter
CCITT Comite Consultatif International Telephonique
Telegraphique
CCTL carriage control
CE customer engineer
CI command interpreter
CIB channel I/O buses
CIO channel I/O
CISC complex instruction set computer
CM compatibility mode
COBOL common business-oriented language
cpi characters per inch
CPU central processing unit
CRC cyclic redundancy check
CRT cathode ray tube
CS communications subsystems capability
CS/80 or CS-80 command set '80 protocol
CST code segment table
CSTX or XCST extended code segment table
CTB central bus
CV create volume capability
DAT dump analysis tool
DB database
DBE DBEnvironment
DBMS database management system
DCE data circuit-terminating equipment
DI diagnostician capability
DMA direct memory access
DMI digital multiplexed interface
DPAN dump analysis program
DRT device reference table
DS extra data segment capability or distributed
system line
DSM diagnostic support monitor
DSN distributed systems network
DST data segment table
DTC Datacommunications and Terminal Controller
DTE data terminal equipment
DTS data communications and subsystem terminal
DUI diagnostic user interface
DUS diagnostic utility system
EBCDIC extended binary coded decimal interchange code
ECC error checking code
EIA Electronics Industries Association
EIM external interrupt message
EOF end-of-file
EOL end-of-line
EOF end-of-tape
EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory
ESD electrostatic discharge
EU execution unit
FCS frame checking sequence
FID file information display
FLOPS floating-point operations per second
FORTRAN FORmula TRANslator
FOS Fundamental Operating Software
FRU field replaceable unit
GL group librarian capability
HDLC high-level data-link control
HP Hewlett-Packard
HP-DLC-II Hewlett-Packard Data-Link Control II
HP-GL Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
HP-IB Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
HP-PA Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture
HP-UX Hewlett-Packard implementation of UNIX
IA interactive access capability
IAR interrupt address register
IC integrated circuit
IIR interrupt instruction register
IMF interactive mainframe facility
INP intelligent network processor
INTEREX International Association of Hewlett-Packard
Computer Users
I/O input/output
IODC I/O-dependent code
IP internetwork protocol
IPC interprocess communication
IPSW interrupt processor status word
ISL initial system loader
ISO International Standards Organization
ISR interruption space register
IVA interrupt vector address
JCW job control word
K kilo
KSAM Keyed Sequential Access Method
LAN local area network
LANIC local area network interface controller
LAP link access protocol
LAP-B link access protocol-balanced
LDEV logical device
LIF logical interchange format
LU logic unit
MAU media attachment unit
MIPS million instructions per second
MIS management information systems
MIT master installation tape
MODEM modulator/demodulator
MPE multiprogramming executive
MPE/iX multiprogramming executive with integrated
POSIX
MR multiple RIN capability
MRJE multileaving remote job entry
MTBFF mean time between failure
MTTR mean time to recovery
MUX multiplexer
NA network administrator capability
ND nonshareable device capability
NetIPC network interprocess communication
NLS native language support
NFT network file transfer
NM native mode or node manager capability
NRJE network remote job entry
NS network services
OEM original equipment manufacturer
OP system supervisor capability
OSI Open Systems Interconnection
PAD packet assembly and disassembly
PBX private branch exchange
PC personal computer or program counter
PCA printed circuit assembly
PCB process control block
PCR parent-child relationship
PDC processor dependent code
PDN public data network
PH process handling capability
PIN process identification number
PM privileged mode capability or preventive
maintenance
PROM progammable read-only memory
PS programmatic sessions capability
PSW processor status word
PTOP program-to-program communications
PU physical unit
RAM random access memory
RCS Response Center Support
RIN resource identification number
RIO relative I/O
RlSC reduced instruction set computer
RJE remote job entry
ROM read-only memory
RPG report program generator
SCSI small computer system interface
SDF software dump facility
SDLC synchronous data link control
SF save file capability
SL segmented library
SM system manager capability
SMT system measurement tools
SNA systems network architecture
SPL System Programmming Language
SPOOL simultaneous peripheral operations online
SQL Structured Query Language
SSCP system services control point
SYSGEN system generator
TDP/V Text and Document Processor
TLB translation lookaside buffer
UDC user defined command
USASCII American Standard Code for Information Exchange
UV use volumes capability
VAN value added network
VINIT volume initialization subsystem
VLSI very large scale integrated circuit technology
VOLUTIl volume utility
VSIT volume set information table
VT virtual terminal
XCST or CSTX extended code segment table