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Mainframe Glossary - A Terms

Explore essential mainframe terminology starting with 'A', including ABEND, ADABAS, APF, and more.

98 terms found starting with "A"

Abcode Abend Code

Abend Abnormal End Of Task

Abend

Abterm Abnormal Termination

Access Intent

Access Method

Accounting Information

Acf2

Acid Atomicity Consistency Isolation Durability

Acrb Access Control Rule Base

Acs Automatic Class Selection

Acsid Automatic Class Selection Id

Action Code Processing Instruction Indicator

Active Log

Active Wait

Adabas Adaptable Database System

Adabas

Address Space Identifier

Address Space

Addressability

Addrspc Address Space Parameter

Admin Administrative Authority Level

Ads Application Development System

Adsp Automatic Data Set Protection

Advanced Function Enhanced Capability

Aes Master Key

Affinity

After Image

Agent

Aggregate

Alc Assembler Language Coding

Alcindex Alternate Index Cluster

Algorithm

Alias

Allocate

Allocation

Alternate Index

Altlib Alternate Library

Amaterse

Ambiguous

Amode Addressing Mode

Amode

Ams Access Method Services

Anchor

And

Annotation Explanatory Note

Anti Virus Software

Aoi Application Owning Interface

Apar Authorized Program Analysis Report

Apars Multiple Apars

Apc Asynchronous Procedure Call

Apf Authorized Program Facility

Apf

Api Application Programming Interface

Apl A Programming Language

Apl

Appc Advanced Program To Program Communication

Appldata Application Data Parameter

Application Id

Application Server

Applycheck

Archive Log

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