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Glossary
A
abend.
Abnormal end of task.
AL. American National Standards Label.
AMODE. Addressing mode.
AMS. Access method services.
ANDVRS. An RMM ADDVRS TSO subcommand
operand. See Using AND.
ANSI. American National Standards Institute.
APAR. Authorized program analysis report.
APF. Authorized program facility.
API. Application Programming Interface.
ASA. American Standards Association.
assigned date. The date that the volume is
assigned to the current owner. Assigned date is not
meaningful for a scratch volume.
ATL. Automated tape library.
AUL. ANSI and user header or trailed label.
automated tape library. A device consisting of
robotic components, cartridge storage areas, tape
subsystems, and controlling ...