ISeries 101
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People who move to the 400 from other computing environments and backgrounds have some common areas of misconceptions and concepts difficult to grasp at first.
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[hide]Multi User Queue Theory
Many users come to the 400 from a Desk Top reality where they were the only people using some computing resource. Such people can have trouble comprehending
- a multi-user environment in which
- Jobs can go to JOBQ to not run right away, but send Message to MSGQ upon completion;
- Reports to Printer OUTQ wait in line behind other people's reports;
- Reports from multiple people can be accessed.