Dictionary

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A

• 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.

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

D

• D-Spec, Data Specification

A section in RPG programs dealing with data definition

• DB2/400

The native System i database

• 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

G

• GDDM, Graphical Data Display Manager, [1]

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

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

• midrange.com [2]

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

• MRP, Manufacturing Resources Planning
• MQ Series, [3]

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

O

• O-Spec, Output Specification

A section in RPG programs dealing with output

• OPM, Original Program Model

P

• PDM, Programming Development Manager

A development environment for 5250 sessions

• POSIX, Portable Operating System Interface, [4]
• PTF, Program Temporary Fix

Q

• qsh, Qshell command language interpreter
• Qshell

A POSIX based command environment on OS/400, comparable to ash, bash and other command shells [5]

R

• Rexx, [6]

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

S

• SEU, Source Entry Utility

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

• SDA, Screen Design Aid

A 5250 screen designer. A component of PDM

• SQL, Structured Query Language

V

• VNC, Virtual Network Computing

W

• WDSC, WebSphere Development Studio Client, [7]
• WSDL, Web Service Definition Language, [8]

X

• XCOM, [9]

Commonly used data transport software