
Chapter 11. CICS architecture 377
11.1.1 Domains
A domain is a functionally isolated area of a CICS system that owns resources to
which it has sole access. Each domain is a single major component of a CICS
system, except for the application domain which contains several components.
CICS regions are divided into a set of domains, each containing a set of objects
grouped together to perform a common set of functions. Domains contain
management modules, tables, and control blocks. A small set of domains
handles a large part of the transaction processing cycle. Three domains
supervise and control transaction processing:
Transaction manager (XM): ...