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1.3 Common Job Scheduler terminology
All Job Scheduler solutions shared a common terminology. The following list
shows some typical terms used in the course of scheduling computer-oriented
tasks and their meaning.
Job
The smallest unit of work to be handled by the Job Scheduler. A job is
typically an operating system command, executable program, or a script. In a
mainframe environment, it is a set of job control language (JCL) that runs a
single executable program.
Job stream
A collection of jobs that are logically related. A job stream is a series of jobs,
which are usually run in a very specific order, and when viewed as a whole
are considered a job stream.
Predecessor
A job or ...