Glossary
This glossary defines technical terms and abbreviations used in PSF for z/OS® documentation. If you do not
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These cross-references are used in this glossary:
- See. Refers to preferred synonyms or to
defined terms for acronyms and abbreviations.
- See also. Refers to related terms that have
similar, but not synonymous, meanings, or to contrasted terms that
have opposite or substantively different meanings.
A
- ACIF
- See AFP Conversion and Indexing Facility.
- Advanced Function Presentation (AFP)
- A
set of licensed programs, together with user applications, that use
the all-points-addressable concept to print data on a wide variety
of printers or to display data on a variety of display devices. AFP includes creating,
formatting, archiving, retrieving, viewing, distributing, and printing
information.
- Advanced
Function Presentation data stream (AFPDS)
- A presentation
data stream that is processed in the AFP environment. MO:DCA is the AFP interchange data stream. IPDS is the AFP printer data
stream.
- Advanced Interactive Executive (AIX®)
- A UNIX operating
system developed by IBM that
is designed and optimized to run on POWER® microprocessor-based
hardware, such as servers, workstations, and blades.
- AFP
- See Advanced Function Presentation.
- AFP Conversion
and Indexing Facility (ACIF)
- An optional
feature of PSF for z/OS that converts
a print file into a MO:DCA document,
creates an index file for later retrieval and viewing, and retrieves
resources used by an AFP document
into a separate file.
- AFP Download Plus
- An optional feature of PSF for z/OS that distributes AFP data from a z/OS operating system to an AIX, Windows, Linux,
or other z/OS operating system
for printing, emailing, or faxing, or to an OnDemand
server for archiving.
- AFPDS
- See Advanced Function Presentation data stream.
- AFP Font Collection
- An IBM licensed
product that includes a set of utilities, and a single font source
for all AFP operating
systems.
- AFP printer driver
- A printer driver
that runs on a Windows workstation and creates
output in AFP format
for printing on AFP printers.
- AFP Toolbox
- A product that assists application programmers in formatting
printed output. Without requiring knowledge of the AFP data stream, AFP Toolbox provides access to
sophisticated AFP functions
through a callable C, C++, or COBOL interface.
- AFP Upload
- An optional feature
of PSF for z/OS that submits
an AFP job
to InfoPrint Manager
for AIX for printing on any
printer supported by PSF for z/OS.
- AFP Viewer plug-in
- A program that
runs on a Windows workstation and displays
files in AFP format
from a Web browser.
- AFP Workbench Viewer
- A product that displays AFP and ASCII files at a Windows workstation
in the same format they are printed.
- AIX
- See Advanced Interactive Executive.
- all-points
addressability (APA)
- The capability to address, reference,
and position text, overlays, and images at any defined position or
picture element on the printable area of the paper. This capability
depends on the ability of the hardware to address and to display each
picture element.
- all-points addressable (APA)
- Pertaining to addressing,
referencing, and positioning text, overlays, and images at any defined
position or picture element on the printable area of the paper.
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
- A standard code used for information exchange among data processing
systems, data communication systems, and associated equipment. ASCII
uses a coded character set consisting of 7-bit coded characters. See
also Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange
Code.
- APA
- See all-points addressability or all-points
addressable.
- application
program
- A program used to communicate with stations in
a network, enabling users to perform application-oriented activities.
- ASCII
- See American Standard Code
for Information Interchange.
- auxiliary
data set
- In AFP printing, a data set that contains job
header, data set header, job trailer, or message data. See also print data set.
C
- channel-attached
- Pertaining to the attachment of devices directly by input/output
channels to a host processor. See also SNA-attached and TCP/IP-attached.
- CICS®
- See Customer Information Control System.
- client
- A software program or computer
that requests access to data, services, programs, and resources from
a server. See also server and host.
- CMR
- See color management resource.
- coexistence
- The ability of two or more entities to function in the same
system or network.
- colon hexadecimal notation
- The syntactical
representation for a 128-bit integer that consists of eight groups
of four hexadecimal numbers, separated by colons. IP addresses can
be represented in colon hexadecimal notation. See also dotted decimal notation and host
name.
- color management resource (CMR)
- An
object that provides color management in presentation environments.
- communication-attached
- Pertaining to a device that is SNA-attached and that uses a
communication controller. See also local-attached.
- compatibility
font
- An AFP raster
font designed to emulate the uniformly spaced and fixed-pitch fonts
used with line printers.
- Content Manager OnDemand
- An IBM program that you
can use to automatically capture, index, archive, search, retrieve,
present, and reproduce stored computer-generated documents and other
business-related data.
- continuous forms
- A series of connected forms that
feed continuously through a printing device. The connection between
the forms is perforated so that the user can tear them apart. Before
printing, the forms are folded in a stack, with the folds along the
perforations. See also cut-sheet paper.
- Customer Information
Control System (CICS)
- An IBM licensed program
that provides online transaction-processing services and management
for business applications.
- cut-sheet
paper
- Paper that is cut into uniform-size sheets before
it is loaded into the printer. See also continuous
forms.
D
- DASD
- See direct access storage device.
- data object resource
- An object container
resource or IOCA image resource that is either printer resident or
downloaded. Data object resources can be:
- Used to prepare for the presentation of a data object, such as
with a resident color profile resource object
- Included in a page or overlay through the Include
Object (IOB) structured field; for example, PDF single-page and multiple-page
objects, Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
objects, and IOCA images
- Called from within a data object; for example, PDF resource objects
- data set
- The major unit of data storage
and retrieval, consisting of a collection of data in one of several
prescribed arrangements and described by control information to which
the system has access. See also file.
- data
stream
- The commands, control codes, data, or structured
fields that are transmitted between an application program and a device,
such as printer or nonprogrammable display station.
- DCF
- See Document Composition Facility.
- direct access storage device (DASD)
- A
device that allows storage to be directly accessed, such as a disk
drive.
- Distributed
Print Function (DPF)
- A component of InfoPrint Manager for Windows that can be installed and used to print
jobs from PSF.
- document
- (1) A machine-readable collection
of one or more objects that represent a composition, a work, or a
collection of data.
- (2) Data that has already been composed
into pages and that contains a Begin Document and an End Document
structured field.
- Document
Composition Facility (DCF)
- An IBM licensed program used to format input to a printer.
- dotted
decimal notation
- The syntactical representation for a
32-bit integer that consists of four 8-bit numbers written in base
10 and separated by periods (dots). IP addresses can be represented
in dotted decimal notation. See also colon
hexadecimal notation and host name.
- download
- To transfer data from a computer
to a connected device, such as a workstation or a printer. Typically,
users download from a large computer to a diskette or fixed disk on
a smaller computer or from a system unit to an adapter.
- Download
for z/OS
- An optional
feature of PSF for z/OS that
uses TCP/IP to automatically send data sets from the JES spool, without formatting them,
directly to a PSF for z/OS, InfoPrint Manager, Ricoh ProcessDirector, or
OnDemand server.
- DPF
- See Distributed Print Function.
E
- EBCDIC
- See Extended Binary Coded
Decimal Interchange Code.
- electronic form
- A collection of constant data that is electronically composed
in the host processor and can be merged with variable data on a page
during printing.
- Enterprise
Systems Connection (ESCON®)
- A peripheral interface for an Enterprise Systems Architecture/390 and System z® computer. The I/O
interface uses ESA/390 logical protocols over a serial interface that
configures attached units to a communication fabric.
- ESCON
- See Enterprise Systems Connection.
- Ethernet
- A
packet-based networking technology for local area networks (LANs)
that supports multiple access and handles contention by using Carrier
Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) as the access
method. Ethernet is standardized in the IEEE 802.3 specification.
- Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC)
- A coded character set of 256 eight-bit characters developed
for the representation of textual data. EBCDIC is not compatible
with ASCII character coding. See also American
Standard Code for Information Interchange.
F
- file
- (1) A collection of related
data that is stored and retrieved by an assigned name. A file can
include information that starts a program (program-file object), contains
text or graphics (data-file object), or processes a series of commands
(batch file).
- (2) See also data
set.
- font
- (1) A family
or assortment of characters of a given size and style, for example,
9-point Bodoni modern. A font has a unique name and might have a registry
number.
- (2) A particular type style (for example, Bodoni or
Times Roman) that contains definitions of character sets, marker sets,
and pattern sets.
- format
- The shape, size, printing requirements, and general makeup of
a printed document or presentation display.
- form definition
- An AFP resource object used by PSF that defines the characteristics
of the form or printed media, including: overlays to be used, duplex
printing, text suppression, the position of composed-text data on
the form, and the number and modifications of a page.
G
- GDDM®
- See Graphical Data Display Manager.
- Graphical Data
Display Manager (GDDM)
- An IBM computer-graphics
system that provides presentation services for host computers, including
creating images and page segments for use in AFP applications and processing
text and graphics for output on a display, printer, or scanner.
H
- hardcopy
- A printed copy of machine output in a visually readable form,
such as printed reports, documents, and summaries. See also softcopy.
- host
- (1) A computer that is connected to
a network and provides an access point to that network. The host can
be a client, a server, or both a client and server simultaneously.
See also client and server.
- (2) In TCP/IP, any system that has at least one Internet address
associated with it.
- host address
- See Internet
Protocol address.
- host name
- The network name given to a computer.
Sometimes, host name is used to mean the fully qualified domain name;
other times, it is used to mean the most specific subname of a fully
qualified domain name. For example, if mycomputer.city.company.com is
the fully qualified domain name, either of these host names can be
used: mycomputer.city.company.com or mycomputer.
See also colon hexadecimal notation and dotted decimal notation.
- host
system
- See host.
I
- i5/OS™
- The IBM licensed program
that was used as the operating system for System i® servers.
The predecessor to i5/OS was OS/400®. See IBM i.
- IBM i
- The IBM licensed program that is used
as the principal operating system for Power Systems™ products. The predecessor to IBM i was i5/OS, which
was preceded by OS/400.
- InfoPrint AFP Resource Installer
- An application that runs on a Windows workstation. InfoPrint AFP Resource Installer
installs and manages fonts, data objects, and color management resources
(CMRs) in resource libraries. It also creates CMRs and associates
CMRs with data objects.
- Infoprint Fonts for z/OS
- The outline version
of the IBM Expanded Core Fonts.
The recommended source of AFP fonts for printing with PSF.
- InfoPrint Manager
- A print management product that runs on an AIX, Linux,
or Windows operating system. InfoPrint Manager
handles the scheduling, archiving, retrieving, and assembly of a print
job and its related resource files. It also tracks the finishing and
packaging of the printed product.
- Infoprint Port Monitor
- A
program that runs on a Windows workstation
and sends a file for printing to Infoprint Server on z/OS.
- InfoPrint ProcessDirector
- A print management product that runs on AIX, Linux, and Windows operating
systems. InfoPrint ProcessDirector
supports job submission from z/OS host
systems by using Download for z/OS and AFP Download Plus and
from other systems that use file copying methods or the lpd protocol.
See also Ricoh ProcessDirector.
- Infoprint Server
- An element of z/OS that
supports printing on local printers and remote printers in an Internet
Protocol or SNA network. With Infoprint Server, users can submit print requests
from remote workstations in an Internet Protocol network, from z/OS UNIX System
Services applications, from batch applications, from VTAM® applications (such as CICS or IMS™),
and from SAP R/3.
- installation exit
- The means specifically
described in an IBM software
product's documentation by which an IBM software
product can be modified by a customer's system programmers to change
or extend the functions of the IBM software
product. Such modifications consist of exit routines written to replace
one or more existing modules of an IBM software
product, or to add one or more modules or subroutines to an IBM software product.
- Intelligent
Printer Data Stream (IPDS)
- An all-points-addressable
data stream that lets users position text, images, graphics, and bar
codes at any defined point on a printed page. IPDS is the strategic AFP printer data
stream generated by PSF.
- Internet Protocol (IP)
- A protocol that
routes data through a network or interconnected networks. This protocol
acts as an intermediary between the higher protocol layers and the
physical network. See also Transmission Control
Protocol and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol.
- Internet Protocol (IP) address
- A unique address
for a device or logical unit on a network that uses the IP standard.
See also colon hexadecimal notation, dotted decimal notation, and host
name.
- IP
- See Internet Protocol.
- IP address
- See Internet Protocol address.
- IPDS
- See Intelligent Printer Data Stream.
J
- JCL
- See job control
language.
- JES
- See Job Entry Subsystem.
- JES2
- An MVS™ subsystem that receives jobs
into the system, converts them to internal format, selects them for
processing, processes their output, and purges them from the system.
In an installation with more than one processor, each JES2 processor
independently controls its job input, scheduling, and output processing.
See also Job Entry Subsystem and JES3.
- JES3
- An MVS subsystem that receives jobs
into the system, converts them to internal format, selects them for
processing, processes their output, and purges them from the system.
In complexes that have several loosely coupled processing units, the
JES3 program manages processors so that the global processor exercises
centralized control over the local processors and distributes jobs
to them by using a common job queue. See also Job
Entry Subsystem and JES2.
- JES spool
- A program
that performs a peripheral operation, such as printing, while the
computer is busy with other work. A common name for the JES2 or JES3
spool.
- job
- One or more documents submitted together in one print
request. Since the user can query, release, or cancel one or more
of the documents within a job, each document within a job can have
a different status.
- job control language (JCL)
- A command language that identifies a job to an operating system
and describes the job's requirements.
- Job Entry Subsystem (JES)
- An IBM licensed program
that receives jobs into the system and processes all output data that
is produced by jobs. See also JES2 and JES3.
L
- LAN
- See local area network.
- line data
- Data prepared for printing
on a line printer without any data placement or presentation information.
Line data can contain carriage-control characters and table-reference
characters (TRC) for spacing and font selections. See also record format line data and traditional
line data.
- line
printer
- A device that prints a line of characters as a
unit. See also page printer.
- local area network
(LAN)
- A network that connects several devices into a limited
area (such as a single building or campus) and that can be connected
to a larger network.
- local-attached
- Pertaining to an SNA-attached device that does not have a communications
controller in its configuration. See also communication-attached.
M
- migration
- The movement of data when software is
upgraded or the data is transferred to a different hardware server
or model.
- Mixed Object Document Content Architecture (MO:DCA)
- An architected, device-independent data stream for interchanging
documents.
- Mixed Object Document Content Architecture for
Presentation (MO:DCA-P)
- The subset of MO:DCA that defines presentation
documents. PSF supports MO:DCA Presentation Interchange Set data streams.
- MO:DCA
- See Mixed Object Document Content Architecture.
- MO:DCA data
- Print data that has been composed into pages. Text-formatting
programs (such as DCF) can produce composed text
data consisting entirely of structured fields. ACIF or AFP Download
Plus can transform line data or XML data to MO:DCA data.
- MO:DCA-P
- See Mixed Object
Document Content Architecture for Presentation.
- MO:DCA IS/1
- See MO:DCA Presentation Interchange Set 1.
- MO:DCA IS/3
- See MO:DCA Presentation Interchange Set 3.
- MO:DCA Presentation
Interchange Set 1 (MO:DCA IS/1)
- A subset of MO:DCA that
defines an interchange format for presentation documents.
- MO:DCA Presentation
Interchange Set 3 (MO:DCA IS/3)
- A subset of MO:DCA that
defines an interchange format for presentation documents. The MO:DCA IS/3
data stream includes structured fields that are not found in MO:DCA IS/1.
- Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS)
- An IBM operating system that accesses multiple address
spaces in virtual storage.
- MVS
- See Multiple Virtual Storage.
N
- network
- In
data communications, a configuration in which two or more locations
are physically connected for the purpose of exchanging data.
- Network
Print Facility (NPF)
- A feature that routes VTAM, JES2, or JES3 printer output
to printers in an Internet Protocol network.
- NPF
- See Network Print Facility.
O
- object container
- A MO:DCA structure that carries object data,
which might or might not be defined by a presentation architecture.
- OGL
- See Overlay Generation Language.
- OpenType
font
- An extension of the TrueType font format that adds
support for PostScript outlines
and more support for international character sets and advanced typographic
control.
- overlay
- (1) A resource object
that contains predefined presentation data, such as text, image, graphics,
and bar code data, that can be merged with variable data on a page
or form while printing.
- (2) The final representation of a collection
of predefined presentation data on a physical medium.
- Overlay Generation Language (OGL)
- An IBM licensed program used for designing
objects (such as lines, boxes, shadings, and irregular shapes) for
electronic overlays.
P
- page
- (1) A collection of data that can be printed on
one side of a sheet of paper or a form.
- (2) A data stream
object delimited by a Begin Page structured field and an End Page
structured field. A page can contain presentation data such as text,
image, graphics, and bar code data.
- page definition
- An AFP resource object used by PSF that defines the rules for transforming
line data and XML data into MO:DCA data and text controls, such as width
of margins and text orientation.
- page
printer
- (1) In AFP support,
any of a class of printers that accepts composed pages, constructed
of composed text and images, among other things. See also line printer.
- (2) A device that prints
one page at a time.
- Page
Printer Formatting Aid (PPFA)
- An IBM licensed program with which to create and store
form definitions and page definitions, which are resource objects
used for print-job management. These stored objects are used to format
printed output.
- page segment
- An AFP resource object containing
text, image, graphics, or bar code data that can be positioned on
any addressable point on a page or an electronic overlay.
- pel
- See picture element.
- physical
medium
- A physical entity on which information is presented;
for example, a sheet of paper, a roll of paper, microfilm, an envelope,
label, or display screen.
- picture element (pel, pixel)
- (1) An element of a raster
pattern about which a toned area on the photoconductor might appear.
When used with a number, "pel" indicates resolution. Examples include
240-pel and 300-pel.
- (2) The smallest printable or displayable
unit that can be displayed. A common measurement of device resolution
is picture elements per inch. Typical monitors display between 72
and 96 pixels per inch. Characters and graphics are created by turning
pixels on or off.
- PostScript
- A page description
language developed by Adobe Systems,
Incorporated that describes how text and graphics are presented on
printers and display devices.
- PPFA
- See Page Printer Formatting
Aid.
- preprinted form
- A
sheet of paper containing a preprinted design of constant data on
which variable data can be printed.
- presentation device
- A device, such as a printer, that produces character shapes,
graphic pictures, images, or bar code symbols on a physical medium.
- print data set
- A data set created by
an application program that contains the actual information to be
printed and, optionally, some of the data that controls the format
of the printing. The types of print data sets are composed text,
line format, XML data, and mixed format. See also auxiliary
data set and print file.
- Printer Control Language (PCL)
- The Hewlett Packard page description language that is used in
laser and ink-jet printers.
- Printer Inventory
- In Infoprint Server, a set of files
that contain information about printers. The Printer Inventory includes
such objects as printer definitions, functional subsystem (FSS) definitions,
and job selection rules for IP PrintWay.
- print file
- A file that is created for the purpose
of printing data. A print file includes information to be printed
and, optionally, some of the data that controls the format of the
printing. See also print data
set.
- Print Interface
- A
component of Infoprint Server
that accepts input from remote TCP/IP workstations or from z/OS UNIX System
Services printing commands and creates output data sets on the JES
spool.
- print job
- One or more documents submitted in the
same job to be printed on the same printer.
- Print Services Facility™ (PSF)
- An IBM licensed program
that manages and controls the input data stream and output data stream
required by supported page printers.
- program temporary fix (PTF)
- For System
i, System p®, and System z products,
a package containing individual or multiple fixes that is made available
to all licensed customers. A PTF resolves defects and might provide
enhancements.
- protocol
- A set of rules controlling the communication
and transfer of data between two or more devices or systems in a communications
network.
- PSF
- See Print Services Facility.
- PTF
- See program temporary fix.
R
- RACF®
- See Resource Access Control Facility.
- raster pattern
- A series of picture elements
(pels) arranged in scan lines to form an image. The toned or untoned
status of each pel creates an image. A digitized raster pattern is
an array of bits. The on or off status of each bit determines the
toned or untoned status of each pel.
- RAT
- See resource access table.
- record format line data
- A form of line data where
each record is preceded by a 10-byte identifier. See also line data.
- resource
- A
collection of printing instructions used, in addition to the print data set, to produce the
printed output. Resources include coded fonts, font character sets,
code pages, page segments, overlays, form definitions, and page definitions.
- Resource Access Control Facility (RACF)
- An IBM licensed program that provides
for access control by identifying users to the system, verifying users
of the system, authorizing access to protected resources, logging
unauthorized attempts to enter the system, and logging accesses to
protected resources.
- resource access table (RAT)
- An array
of data that is used to map a resource name specified in the MO:DCA data
stream to information used to find and process the resource on a given
system.
- Ricoh ProcessDirector
- A print management
product, formerly named InfoPrint ProcessDirector, that runs on AIX, Linux,
and Windows operating systems. Ricoh ProcessDirector
supports job submission from z/OS host
systems by using Download for z/OS and AFP Download Plus and
from other systems that use file copying methods or the lpd protocol.
S
- SDLC
- See Synchronous Data Link Control.
- SDSF
- See System Display and Search Facility.
- server
- A software program or a computer
that provides services to other software programs or other computers.
The program or computer making the request of the server is typically
called the client. See also client and host.
- SNA
- See Systems Network Architecture.
- SNA-attached
- Pertaining to a device
that is linked to the host system through VTAM or ACF/VTAM and uses an SNA protocol to transfer
data. It does not need to be physically connected to the host; some
printers are attached to a control unit, a communication controller,
or both, and they can transfer data over telecommunication lines.
For example, an IBM 3825 Page
Printer attached to a communication controller that uses the LU 6.2
communication protocol to transfer data to a communication controller
is considered an SNA-attached printer. See also channel-attached and TCP/IP-attached.
- softcopy
- One or more files that can be electronically distributed, manipulated,
and printed by a user. See also hardcopy.
- Synchronous Data
Link Control (SDLC)
- A protocol for managing synchronous
information transfer over a data link connection.
- System Display and Search Facility (SDSF)
- An IBM licensed program that provides
a menu-driven, full-screen interface that is used to obtain detailed
information about jobs and resources in a system.
- Systems Network Architecture (SNA)
- The
description of the logical structure, formats, protocols, and operational
sequences for transmitting information units through the networks
and controlling the configuration and operation of networks. The layered
structure of SNA allows the ultimate origins and destinations of information
(the users) to be independent of and unaffected by the specific SNA
network services and facilities that are used for information exchange.
T
- TCP
- See Transmission Control Protocol.
- TCP/IP
- See Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol.
- TCP/IP-attached
- Pertaining to a device
that is linked to an operating system through an Internet Protocol
network and receives data from the system by using an application-layer
protocol for IPDS printers.
Some TCP/IP-attached printers require the i-data 7913 IPDS Printer LAN
Attachment. See also channel-attached and SNA-attached.
- traditional line data
- A form of line data that is
prepared for printing on a line printer. See also line data.
- Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
- A
communications protocol used in the Internet and in any network that
follows the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards for internetwork
protocol. TCP provides a reliable host-to-host protocol in packet-switched
communications networks and in interconnected systems of such networks.
See also Internet Protocol.
- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP)
- An industry-standard, nonproprietary set of communications
protocols that provide reliable end-to-end connections between applications
over interconnected networks of different types.
- TrueType
font
- A font format based on scalable outline technology
in which the graphic character shapes are based on quadratic curves.
The font is described with a set of tables contained in a TrueType
font file.
U
- Unicode
- A character encoding standard that supports
the interchange, processing, and display of text that is written in
the common languages around the world, plus some classical and historical
texts. For example, the text name for $ is "dollar sign" and its numeric
value is X'0024'. The Unicode standard has a 16-bit character
set defined by ISO 10646.
- UNIX
- A highly portable operating system that features multiprogramming
in a multiuser environment. The UNIX operating
system was originally developed for use on minicomputers, but has
been adapted for mainframes and microcomputers. The AIX operating system is IBM's implementation of
the UNIX operating system.
- UNIX System
Services
- See z/OS UNIX System
Services.
V
- Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (VTAM)
- An IBM licensed program that controls
communication and the flow of data in an SNA network. It provides
single-domain, multiple-domain, and interconnected network capability.
- VTAM
- See Virtual Telecommunications Access Method.
W
- Workbench Viewer
- See AFP Workbench Viewer.
X
- XML data
- Data identified with the Extensible
Markup Language (XML), which is a standard metalanguage for defining
markup languages that is based on Standard Generalized Markup Language
(SGML). For printing on page printers, a page definition is required
to provide the data placement and presentation information. The XML
data processed by PSF can be encoded in EBCDIC, ASCII, UTF-8 or UTF-16.
Z
- zFS
- See z/OS File
System.
- z/OS
- An IBM mainframe operating
system that uses 64-bit real storage.
- z/OS File
System (zFS)
- A type of file system that resides in a Virtual
Storage Access Method (VSAM) linear data set (LDS). zFS contains files
and directories that can be used by z/OS UNIX System
Services to provide data access over IP networks.
- z/OS Font Collection
- A
base element of z/OS V2R1 that
contains a comprehensive set of fonts, including AFP outline fonts,
AFP raster fonts, and WorldType fonts (TrueType and OpenType fonts).
- z/OS UNIX System
Services
- An element of z/OS that
creates a UNIX environment which conforms to the XPG4 UNIX 1995
specifications and provides two open systems interfaces on the z/OS operating system: an application
program interface (API) and an interactive shell interface.
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