Glossary 491
R
RACF. Resource Access Control Facility.
read access. Permission to read information.
reader. A program that reads jobs from an input
device or database file and places them on the job
queue.
real address. In virtual storage systems, the
address of a location in central storage.
real storage. See central storage.
reason code. A return code that describes the
reason for the failure or partial success of an
attempted operation.
record. (1) A group of related data, words, or fields
treated as a unit, such as one name, address, and
telephone number. (2) A self-contained collection of
information about a single object. A record is made
up of a number of distinct items, called fields. A
number of shell programs (for example, awk, join, ...