Glossary – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual
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Glossary
ALC
Data Exchange Allocater utility.
BL
Block length.
CC
Code conversion.
CKD
Check key data. An IBM file structure standard for disk volumes.
CR
carriage return
CU
Control unit.
CVS
Custom volume size.
DAM
Direct-access method (not supported by Data Exchange).
DAT
Digital audio tape.
DEL
Delimiter option.
DO
Dataset organization.
DS
Dataset size.
EA
EBCDIC/ASCII (includes EBCDIC-to-ASCII and ASCII-to-EBCDIC).
EBCDIC
Extended binary-coded decimal interchange code.
Emp
Empty file option.
EOF
End of file.
ESCON
Enterprise systems connection An optical interface used to connect the mainframe
to the control unit; a predecessor to FICON.
F
Fixed-length and de-blocking (mainframe record format).
FAL
File Access Library.
FB
Fixed-length and blocking (mainframe record format).
FC
Fibre Channel. A network technology primarily used for storage networks.
FCU
File Conversion Utility.
FD
Floppy disk.
FMT
Data Exchange Formatter.
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