Dictionary

Terms, abbreviations and acronyms commonly heard in the vicinity of the System i

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0

• 5250

A Green Screen terminal, session or the communications protocol of that session

A

• AIX

A Unix operating system

• API, Application Programming Interface
• AFP, AFP Advanced Function Printing
• APPC, Advanced Program to Program Communication

B

• BPCS, Business Planning and Control System

System i ERP software used by a number of manufacturing businesses.

• BRMS, Backup and Recovery Media Services

C

• C-Spec, Code Specification

A section in RPG programs dealing with program code and logic specifications

• CIW, Compute Intensive Workload
• CISC, Complex Instruction Set Computer
• CLP, Control Language Programming

The OS/400 command processing language

• COBOL, COmmon Business-Oriented Language

An old, but widely used programming language

• CPW, Commercial Processing Workload
• CQE, Classic Query Engine

D

• D-Spec, Data Specification

A section in RPG programs dealing with data definition

• DASD, Direct Access Storage Devices
• DB2/400

The native System i database

• DBU, Data Base Utility

A data manipulation tool by Prodata

• DDS, Data Description Specifications

A language used to define database file structures

• DFU, Data File Utility

A data manipulating tool with simple integrated language

E

• EJB, Enterprise Java Bean
• ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning

F

• F-Spec, File Specification

A section in RPG programs dealing with file definition

• ftp, File Transfer Protocol

G

• GDDM, Graphical Data Display Manager, [1]
• Green Screen

5250 session to the System i

H

• H-Spec, Header Specification

A section in RPG programs dealing with control and compilations specifications

• HMC, Hardware Management Console

I

• IFS, Integrated file system
• ILE, Integrated Language Environment
• IPL, Initial Program Load

J

• JDK, Java Developer Kit

L

• LPAR, Logical PARtition
• LPEX, Live Parsing eXtensible Editor

An Java editor that understand the System i environment and languages

• LPP, Licensed Program Product

M

• MAPICS, Manufacturing and Planning Integrated Control System, [2]

An ERP system in common use on the System i

• midrange.com [3]

A premier resource for System i information and host for this wiki.

• MRP, Manufacturing Resources Planning
• MQ Series, [4]

Multi platform middleware suite consisting of a messaging, rules engine and workflow applications

N

• Net.Data, [5]

A scripting language

O

• O-Spec, Output Specification

A section in RPG programs dealing with output

• OPM, Original Program Model
• OS/400

The System i operating system

P

• PASE, Portable Application Solutions Environment

An AIX environment for the System i

• PDM, Programming Development Manager

A development environment for 5250 sessions

• PHP, PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, [6]

A scripting language

• POSIX, Portable Operating System Interface, [7]
• prompt

Rather than type out a complete command, Control Language commands can be prompted by pressing F4. This will show command parameters and allow parameter value entry.

• pruv, IBM Pre-upgrade Verification Tool for i5/OS
• PTF, Program Temporary Fix

Q

• Qanything

On the System i anything starting with a Q generally means that it is IBM supplied

• qsh, Qshell command language interpreter
• Qshell

A POSIX based command environment on OS/400, comparable to ash, bash and other command shells [8]

R

• Rexx, [9]

An interpreted language available for the System i

• RISC, Reduced Instruction Set Computer
• RPG, Report Program Generator

A programming language commonly used on the System i

• RSE, Remote System Explorer
• RDi, [10]

Rational Developer for System i

S

• SDA, Screen Design Aid

A 5250 screen designer. A component of PDM

• Service Program

Dynamically linked set of pre-compiled functions, comparable to dll's on Windows and libraries on *nix

• SEU, Source Entry Utility

A source code editor for 5250 sessions. A component of PDM

• SMTP, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

A standard [11] for sending email.

• SQE, SQL Query Engine
• SQL, Structured Query Language
• SSH, Secure SHell
• Stabilized

IBM language meaning no further enhancements will be made to a product. This does not preclude program fixes from being released. It's a first step to the end of life of the product. SEU is stabilized as of V6R1M0.

V

• V6R1, V5R4 or any combination of V<number>R<number>M<number>

The operating system version of the System i. V denotes version number, R denotes release number and M denotes modification level.

• VNC, Virtual Network Computing

W

• WDSC, WebSphere Development Studio Client, [12]
• WSDL, Web Service Definition Language, [13]

X

• XCOM, [14]

Commonly used data transport software