Glossary
DAT Digital audio tape.
EA EBCDIC/ASCII (includes EBCDIC-to-ASCII and ASCII-to-EBCDIC)
EBCDIC Extended binary-coded decimal interchange code.
ESCON Enterprise systems connection An optical interface used to connect the mainframe
to the control unit; a predecessor to FICON.
FAL File Access Library
FCU FIle Conversion Utility
FX HP File Exchange
HMBR HP Multiplatform Backup/Restore
MTO/ mto Mainframe-to-open
MVS Multiple virtual storage.
OJE Open Job Entry
OPEN-
x
A general term describing any one of the supported OPEN emulation modes (for
example, OPEN-E. There are two types of OPEN-x devices: legacy OPEN-x
devices with a fixed size (such as, OPEN-3, OPEN-8, OPEN-9, OPEN-E), and
OPEN-V, which has a variable size and is a CVS based volume.
OTM Open-to-Mainframe
OTO Open-to-Open
SAM Sequential-Access Method, System Administration Manager (HP-UX)
TAR, tar Tape archive (file format)
UOC User's Own Coding
VSE Virtual storage extended.
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