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input output (I/O)
input processing
job management
HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3.2 FOR IBM MVS CREATING FORMS
input devices
Keyboards, magnetic media, or any device used to give a system
information.
General term encompassing the flow of data into and out of a
computer system.
Formatting control for the pages of a report.
insert
To add text or graphics to a document.
interface
Device by which two systems connect and communicate with
each other.
Interpress
Xerox standard that defines digital representation of lines for
printing. You can print Interpress documents on any sufficiently
powerful printer equipped with Interpress print software.
JCL
Job control language. High–level language used with the MVS or
DOS operating systems to identify job requirements such as user
name, program name, CPU processing time, input/output
devices, and files needed for batch processing.
JDE
Job descriptor entry. Collection of job descriptions. See also
job .
JDL
Job descriptor library. Collection of compiled job descriptions.
See also job source library (JSL) .
job
Set of instructions (JDEs) defining a unit of work for the system.
jobcard
First JCL statement in a job, identifying the beginning of the job,
the user, the job name, and similar information.
job control
Program called into storage to prepare each job or job step to
be run.
Collective functions of job scheduling and command processing.
JSL
Job source library. Collection of uncompiled job descriptions.
See also JDE; JDL .
keyword
Reserved word that is essential to the meaning and structure of a
statement. Required part of a command that must be entered in
the command language syntax exactly as it is written. In XPRM,
keywords can be written in uppercase or lowercase letters.
label
1. In data storage, a reference to a file saved on tape or disk, a
record indicating the file name or date created, as well as other
control information. 2. In programming, a name assigned to a
particular instruction or portion of a program as a location
reference. The computer translates the label into a locatable
address.
landscape
Orientation of print lines or top of an illustration parallel to the
long edge of the paper. See also orientation.
language
Defined set of characters and symbols combined together by
specific rules. Used as an operator interface with the computers
system software to perform certain tasks. See also high–level
language ; low–level language .
laser printing
Technology that uses a laser to scan and transfer character
images onto a page by direct or indirect means.
leading
1. Vertical distance between lines (also called line space)
measured from the baseline of one line to the baseline of the
next. 2. Extra spacing between lines of type. 3. In typography,
spacing between lines and paragraphs.
legal size
Page the standard size of legal briefs, 8.5 by 14 inches.
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