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Figure 1-1 The platforms used in this project
1.0.2 Terminology
Throughout this redbook we have tried to be meaningful and consistent with the terminology
related to the DB2 Family of products, and the platforms where they run, but every
generalization and abbreviation tends to be arbitrary and sometimes wrong, so we
summarize here our definitions for reference purposes.
DB2 for z/OS means DB2 UDB for z/OS and OS/390. All our tests were at DB2 UDB for z/OS
and OS/390 Version 7 level.
DB2 distributed means DB2 UDB for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. Our tests were done with
DB2 UDB Version 7.2 and 8 on AIX and Windows. The ter ...