HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 177)

Glossary
ALC Data Exchange Allocater utility.
BL Block length.
CC Code conversion.
CKD Check key data. An IBM file structure standard for disk volumes.
CR carriage return
CU Control unit.
CVS Custom volume size.
DAM Direct-access method (not supported by Data Exchange).
DAT Digital audio tape.
DEL Delimiter option.
DO Dataset organization.
DS Dataset size.
EA EBCDIC/ASCII (includes EBCDIC-to-ASCII and ASCII-to-EBCDIC).
EBCDIC Extended binary-coded decimal interchange code.
Emp Empty file option.
EOF End of file.
ESCON Enterprise systems connection An optical interface used to connect the mainframe
to the control unit; a predecessor to FICON.
F Fixed-length and de-blocking (mainframe record format).
FAL File Access Library.
FB Fixed-length and blocking (mainframe record format).
FC Fibre Channel. A network technology primarily used for storage networks.
FCU File Conversion Utility.
FD Floppy disk.
FMT Data Exchange Formatter.
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