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Appendix B. Glossary
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abend. abnormal end.
abnormal end. End of a task, a job, or a subsystem
because of an error condition that cannot be
resolved by recovery facilities while the task is
performed. See also abnormal termination.
abnormal termination. (1) The end of processing
prior to scheduled termination. (2) A system failure
or operator action that causes a job to end
unsuccessfully. Synonymous with abend, abnormal
end.
ACB. access control block.
ACCEPT. The SMP/E command used to install
SYSMODs in the distribution libraries.
accept. In SMP/E, to install SYSMODs in the
distribution libraries. This is done with the ACCEPT
command.
accepted SYSMOD. A SYSMOD that has been
successfully installed ...