Glossary [Ankrum]
•ACID - Atomic, Consistent, Isolated, Durable:
transaction properties.
•BMS - Basic Mapping Support: For definition and access
to formatted screens.
•CICS - Customer Information Control System.
•CMS - Conversational Monitor System: An interactive
subsystem for VM.
•DB2 - Database 2, IBM’s relational database
manager.
•DL/I - Data Language / I: General purpose database
control language.
•DOS - Disk Operating System: An early IBM operating
system for small mainframes or the original operating system for IBM
compatible PCs.
•IMS - Information Management System: IBM Product with an
OLTP and hierarchical database manager.
•MVS - Multiple Virtual Storage: Top of the line IBM
operating system before OS/390.
•OLTP - On-line Transaction Processing.
•OS/390 - Open System 390: latest operating system for IBM
System/390’s.
•SNA - System Network Architecture: IBM’s proprietary
network protocol.
•SQL - Structured Query Language: interface to access
relational databases.
•TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol.
•VM - Virtual Machine: IBM Mainframe operating system to
allow multiple operating systems to run on one machine
simultaneously.
•VSAM - Virtual Storage Access Method.
•VTAM - Virtual Telecommunications Access Method.
•Additioanl definitions may be found at: http://www.transarc.ibm.com/Library/documentation/websphere/WAS-EE/en_US/html/glossary/cicsglos.htm