APPENDIX II GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

A

ABEND\ Abnormal end of job. ALCS\ Automated library control system. ALU\ Arithmetic/Logic unit. ATLC\ Automated tape library control.

C

CAD\ Computer-aided design

CMOS\ Complementary metal oxide semiconductor.

CODASYL\ Conference on data systems languages.

COOP\ Continuity of operations.

CPU\ Central processing unit.

D

DASDI\ Direct access storage device initialization.

DBMS\ Database management system.

DBTG\ Database task group.

DDL\ Data definition language.

DML\ Data manipulation language.

DOS\ Disk operating system.

DTP\ Desktop publishing.

E

EPROM\ Erasable programmable read-only memory.

I

IC\ Integrated circuits. IPL\ Initial program loading.

L

LAN\ Local--area network.

LQ\ Letter quality.

LSI\ Large-scale integration.

M

MODEM\ Modulator-demodulator.

P

PROM\ Programmable read-only memory.

Q

QWERTY\ Refers to the letter sequence QWERTY on the keyboard.

R

RAM\ Random-access memory. ROM\ Read-only memory.

S

SOP\ Standard operating procedure. SYSRES\ System resident.

U

UWA\ User work area.

V

VLSI\ Very-large-scale integration.

W

WORM\ Write once, read many. WYSIWYG\ What you see is what you get.