God, I love it. Buzz words, after 40 yrs you heard many it not all. I have been mentoring two guys and have hit these ...it gets weird when you talk from a sysprog/dev point of view and try to explain it to newbies ..
Regards, Scott On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 5:58 PM Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: > I hired a tech writer once who had been taught in school that you should > introduce every acronym the first time you used it: > > "Whizbang/390 runs on any current release of Multiple Virtual Systems > (MVS) ..." > > And wanted to argue me into the ground on the point. I let him go on the > 29th day of his probationary period. > > Charles > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson > Sent: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 2:51 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Ask the experts about running things > > Let's not pass up the opportunity to observe that TSO is not 'time > sharing', nor is it 'optional', yet it's constantly on the lips of every > mainframer. I caution newbies (and managers and auditors) not to give much > weight to these acronyms. Saying 'multiple virtual storage' more than once > in a meeting marks you as a doofus. ;-) > > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW > robin...@sce.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Seymour J Metz > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2018 1:41 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: (External):Re: Ask the experts about running things > > Roughly, and in an MVS context: > > Address space: a context for resolving virtual addresses. There is an > address space for each batch job, started task, TSO session and similar > units of work. > > Data space: a specialized address space from which instructions are not > executed. > > Subsystem: a body of code identified to MVS as a subsystem and providing > service through the subsystem interface. > > Stated task: a job initiated by the START operator command rather than > through the Initiator. In many cases the START is issued automatically > shortly after IPL. Started tasks have identifiers starting with S or STC. > > Job; a unit or work. Batch jobs have identifiers starting with J or JOB. > > TSO: Time Sharing Option. Support for interactive units of work. Note that > you can do Unix System Services work interactively without a TSO session. > TSO sessions have identifiers starting with T or TSU. > > Process: a unit of scheduling for Unix. Depending on how the system is > configured, multiple Unix processes may run in a single address space. > There may b multiple threads within a process - in fact, the original name > for threads as light-weight process. > > Enclave is a bit difficult describe; take a look at the Language > Environment documentation for a start. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> on behalf > of Peter Ten Eyck <peter.tene...@americannational.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 1:59 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu > Subject: Ask the experts about running things > > For an inquisitive programmer... what is a good definition for each of the > following? How do they relate to each other? > > Address space > Data space > Subsystem > Started task > Job > TSU (TSO) > Process > Enclave > > Note: My explanation will fall short of what IBM-Main can come up with. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
