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<h2 id="f">F</h2>
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<p>Return to <a href="as4glos.htm#as4glos">Glossary</a>.</p>
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<dl>
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<dt id="x2022501" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022501"></a>facsimile machine (fax machine)</dt>
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<dd>A functional unit that converts images to signals for transmission over a
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telephone system or that converts received signals back to images.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022506" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022506"></a>factor</dt>
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<dd>In RPG, an entry (for example,
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a field name, file name, literal, or data structure) that identifies the data
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to be used in an operation.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022511" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022511"></a>factory</dt>
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<dd>In object-oriented programming,
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a class that is used to create instances of another class. A factory is used
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to isolate the creation of objects of a particular class into one place so
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that new functions can be provided without widespread code changes.</dd>
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<dt id="x2072397" class="bold">
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<a name="x2072397"></a>factory method</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatc.htm#x2016865">class method</a>. See also <a href="rzaati.htm#x2025515">instance method</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022516" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022516"></a>failover</dt>
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<dd>A cluster event where the
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primary database server or application server switches over to a backup system
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due to the failure of the primary server.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022521" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022521"></a>fanout</dt>
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<dd>(1) A single output that becomes
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input to multiple branches.</dd>
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<dd>(2) In communications, the process of
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creating copies of a distribution to be delivered locally or to be sent through
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the network.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022529" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022529"></a>far-end code violation</dt>
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<dd>In Performance
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Tools, an unintended line code violation detected by the network termination
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1 (NT1), and counted by the terminal equipment (TE), for frames transmitted
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to the NT1 on the interface for the T reference point in the integrated services
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digital network (ISDN). The NT1 reports a violation to the TE through the
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maintenance channel S1.</dd>
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<dt id="x2432735" class="bold">
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<a name="x2432735"></a>Fast Ethernet</dt>
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<dd>An Ethernet standard
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that provides a data rate of 100 Mbps.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022534" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022534"></a>fast packet switching</dt>
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<dd>Communications
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protocols, such as frame relay and cell relay, that specify the processing
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of lower-layer data only for the transmission of data packets across a network.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022539" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022539"></a>fast path</dt>
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<dd>A method of doing something
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more directly and quickly than the usual way. For example, pressing a function
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key is faster than typing a command.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022544" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022544"></a>fast select</dt>
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<dd>In OSI, an X.25 optional
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user facility that can be encoded into a call request packet sent to an adjacent
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node. The fast select facility is included to provide conformance to ISO 8878.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022549" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022549"></a>fault</dt>
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<dd>In OSI, an event that triggers
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an unwanted transition in the condition of a resource.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022557" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022557"></a>fax</dt>
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<dd>(1) The printed copy received from
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a facsimile machine.</dd>
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<dd>(2) To transmit an image, using a telephone system
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and facsimile machines.</dd>
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<dt id="x2116944" class="bold">
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<a name="x2116944"></a>fax machine</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2022501">facsimile machine</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022574" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022574"></a>FCFC</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023038">first-character
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forms control</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022578" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022578"></a>FCMU</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2022737">file
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compare and merge utility</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022582" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022582"></a>FCS</dt>
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<dd>(1) See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023612">function
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control sequence</a>.</dd>
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<dd>(2) See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023457">frame check sequence</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022588" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022588"></a>FCT</dt>
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<dd>(1) See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023402">forms
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control table</a>.</dd>
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<dd>(2) See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2022762">file control table</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022592" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022592"></a>FD:OCA</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023354">Formatted Data Object Content Architecture</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022596" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022596"></a>feature</dt>
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<dd>Part of a product that is
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either included with the product or can be ordered separately.</dd>
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<dt id="x2210744" class="bold">
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<a name="x2210744"></a>feature code</dt>
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<dd>A code used by IBM® to process hardware
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and software orders.</dd>
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<dt id="x2044110" class="bold">
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<a name="x2044110"></a>feature-unique Licensed Internal Code (FULIC)</dt>
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<dd>The Licensed Internal Code shipped with the processor feature
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that provides support for that feature. FULIC is a complex instruction set
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computer (CISC)-only function.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022601" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022601"></a>fetch</dt>
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<dd>To retrieve data from a database.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022606" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022606"></a>fetch overflow</dt>
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<dd>In RPG, a routine
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that allows the user to change the basic RPG overflow logic to prevent printing
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over the perforation and to allow the user to use as much of the page as possible.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022611" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022611"></a>FFDC</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023043">first-failure
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data capture</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2044124" class="bold">
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<a name="x2044124"></a>FFST™</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023048">First Failure Support Technology™</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022619" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022619"></a>FFT</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2022989">final-form
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text</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022628" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022628"></a>fiber optics</dt>
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<dd>The technology of guiding
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optical power (or light) through thin, transparent strands (or fibers) that
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are made of glass, fused silica, or plastic.</dd>
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<dt id="x2054903" class="bold">
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<a name="x2054903"></a>FID</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023339">format
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identification field</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022633" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022633"></a>fidelity</dt>
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<dd>In AFP™ support, the degree of exactness required
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when processing the input data stream for printing a file. Different levels
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of fidelity can be specified, which determine how errors are handled (such
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as substituting fonts when a font named in the data stream cannot be found).</dd>
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<dt id="x2191944" class="bold">
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<a name="x2191944"></a>FID field</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023339">format identification field</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022642" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022642"></a>field</dt>
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<dd>(1) In a record, a specified area
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used for a particular category of data. For example, a record about an employee
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might be subdivided into fields containing the employee's name, address, and
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salary.</dd>
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<dd>(2) The smallest identifiable part of a record.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022653" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022653"></a>field definition</dt>
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<dd>In IDDU, information
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that describes the characteristics of data in a field, such as its name, length,
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and data type. A field definition resides in a data dictionary.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022658" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022658"></a>field description</dt>
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<dd>Information that
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describes the characteristics of data in a field.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022663" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022663"></a>field indicator</dt>
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<dd>In RPG, an indicator
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that shows whether a given field in an input record is plus, minus, zero,
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or blank.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022668" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022668"></a>field-level specification</dt>
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<dd>In DDS,
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a specification coded on the same line as a field name or on lines immediately
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following a field name.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022673" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022673"></a>field line</dt>
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<dd>In RLU, a temporary record
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in a report prototype that indicates the field boundaries in an associated
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report line.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022678" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022678"></a>field outline</dt>
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<dd>The output record to
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be printed outlines, with boxes, the fields of data within the record.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022683" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022683"></a>field record relation indicator</dt>
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<dd>In RPG, an indicator that associates fields in an input record with a particular
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record type. The field record relation indicator is normally used when the
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record type is one of several in an OR relationship.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022688" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022688"></a>field reference file</dt>
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<dd>A physical file
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that contains no data, only descriptions of fields.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022693" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022693"></a>field selection</dt>
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<dd>(1) In the GDDM® function, the
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selection of fields from a database file for use as data values.</dd>
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<dd>(2) In Business Graphics Utility, the selection of fields from a database file
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for use as data values and data labels.</dd>
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<dd>(3) A function that uses the
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state of the option indicators to display or print data when a record format
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is written.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022704" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022704"></a>FIFO</dt>
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<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2055038">first-in-first-out</a>.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022708" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022708"></a>figurative constant</dt>
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<dd>(1) In RPG, an implied
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literal that is specified in the calculation specifications without a length
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definition because the implied length and decimal positions are the same as
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those of the receiver field.</dd>
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<dd>(2) In COBOL, a reserved word that represents
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a numeric or character value or a string of repeated values. The word can
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be used instead of a literal to represent the value.</dd>
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<dt id="x2007862" class="bold">
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<a name="x2007862"></a>file</dt>
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<dd>(1) A generic term for the object
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type that refers to a database file, a device file, or a save file. The system-recognized
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identifier for the object type is *FILE.</dd>
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<dd>(2) A collection of related
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data that is stored and retrieved by an assigned name. A file can include
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information that starts a program (program-file object), contains text or
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graphics (data-file object), or processes a series of commands (batch file).</dd>
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<dt id="x2022722" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022722"></a>file attribute conflict condition</dt>
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<dd>In COBOL, an unsuccessful attempt to run an input-output operation on a file
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whose file attributes, as specified for that file in the program, do not match
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the fixed attributes for that file.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022727" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022727"></a>file chaining</dt>
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<dd>In Query, a function
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that allows a query application to use data from two database files. The query
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application views the two chained files as if they were one file and refers
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to the first file as the primary record format and the second file as the
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secondary record format.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022732" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022732"></a>file clause</dt>
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<dd>In COBOL, a clause that
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appears as part of any of the following Data Division entries: file description
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entry (FD entry) and sort-merge file description entry (SD entry).</dd>
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<dt id="x2022737" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022737"></a>file compare and merge utility (FCMU)</dt>
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<dd>A function of the Application Development ToolSet licensed program that
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is used to compare physical file members and merge updates to file members.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022742" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022742"></a>file connector</dt>
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<dd>In COBOL, a storage
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area that contains information about a file and is used as the connection
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between a filename and a physical file, and between a filename and its associated
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record area.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022747" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022747"></a>file control</dt>
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<dd>(1) COBOL, the name and
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header of an Environment Division paragraph in which the data files for a
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source program are named and assigned to specific input/output devices.</dd>
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<dd>(2) The CICS® facility for managing basic operations against a file (ADD, READ,
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DELETE, REWRITE, and BROWSE).</dd>
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<dt id="x2022757" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022757"></a>file control entry</dt>
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<dd>In COBOL, a SELECT
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clause and all its subordinate clauses that declare the relevant physical
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attributes of a file.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022762" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022762"></a>file control table (FCT)</dt>
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<dd>A CICS table containing
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the characteristics of the files accessed by file control.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022767" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022767"></a>file definition</dt>
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<dd>(1) In RPG, file description
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and input specifications that describe the records and fields in a file.</dd>
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<dd>(2) In IDDU, information that describes the contents and characteristics
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of a file. A file definition resides in a data dictionary.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022775" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022775"></a>file description</dt>
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<dd>The description
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of a file and its contents.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022780" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022780"></a>file description entry</dt>
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<dd>In COBOL,
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an entry in the FILE SECTION of the Data Division that contains information
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about the identification, the physical organization, and the record name of
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a file.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022785" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022785"></a>file description file</dt>
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<dd>In iSeries™ Access, a
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personal computer file that describes a personal computer data file. The description
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includes the name, data type, field length, and format of the data file. This
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information is used by the iSeries Access transfer function to transfer
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data to the iSeries server.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022790" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022790"></a>file description specification</dt>
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<dd>In
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RPG, a specification on which the programmer identifies and describes all
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files used in a program.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022795" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022795"></a>file descriptor</dt>
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<dd>A small positive
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integer that the system uses instead of the file name to identify an open
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file.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022800" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022800"></a>file exception/error subroutine</dt>
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<dd>In RPG, a user-written program that may be called following file exceptions
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or program errors.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022805" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022805"></a>file identifier</dt>
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<dd>A 3-character identifier
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used for files being joined in Query for a query. The identifiers are used
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during a query definition to uniquely identify each file.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022810" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022810"></a>file information data structure (INFDS)</dt>
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<dd>In RPG, a data structure that can be defined for each file to make file
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exception/error information available to the program. A file information data
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structure must be unique for each file.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022815" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022815"></a>file key</dt>
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<dd>In RPG, all the key fields
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defined for a file.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022820" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022820"></a>file level specification</dt>
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<dd>In DDS,
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a specification coded on the lines before the first record format name.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022825" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022825"></a>file list</dt>
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<dd>A list of files contained
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in a library.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022830" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022830"></a>file maintenance</dt>
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<dd>The process of adding,
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changing, or deleting records in a file to keep them current.</dd>
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<dt id="x2196433" class="bold">
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<a name="x2196433"></a>file mode creation mask</dt>
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<dd>A pattern
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of characters that is used to control the keeping, deleting, or testing of
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portions of another pattern of characters.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022835" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022835"></a>file name</dt>
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<dd>The name used by a program
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to identify a file.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022848" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022848"></a>file name extension</dt>
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<dd>An optional 3-letter
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code that may be used as the second part of a PC file name, and is separated
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from the file name by a period (.). Extensions have meanings to programs,
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and may be used to identify the type of the file.</dd>
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<dt id="x2022853" class="bold">
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<a name="x2022853"></a>file operation code</dt>
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<dd>In RPG, an operation
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code (for example, CHAIN) that lets the user control the input/output operations
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|
to a file.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022858" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022858"></a>file organization</dt>
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, the permanent
|
|
file arrangement established at the time that a file is created.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022863" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022863"></a>file override</dt>
|
|
<dd>An attribute specified
|
|
at run time that changes the attributes specified in the file description
|
|
or in the program.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022868" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022868"></a>file pointer</dt>
|
|
<dd>In the hierarchical
|
|
file system, the representation of the position or offset in the file where
|
|
the next read or write operation occurs.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022873" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022873"></a>file position indicator</dt>
|
|
<dd>In COBOL,
|
|
a conceptual entity that (a) contains the value of the current key within
|
|
the key of reference for an indexed file, the record number of the current
|
|
record for a sequential file, or the relative record number of the current
|
|
record for a relative file; or (b) indicates that no next logical record exists,
|
|
that the number of significant digits in the relative record number is larger
|
|
than the size of the relative key data item, that an optional input file is
|
|
not present, that the at end condition already exists, or that no valid next
|
|
record has been established.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022878" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022878"></a>file reference function</dt>
|
|
<dd>A function
|
|
of the system that lets the user track file use on the system.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022883" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022883"></a>File Section</dt>
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, the section
|
|
of the Data Division that contains file description entries and sort-merge
|
|
file description entries together with their associated record descriptions.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022888" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022888"></a>file separator</dt>
|
|
<dd>The pages produced
|
|
at the beginning of each output file and used to separate the file from the
|
|
other files being sent to an output device.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022893" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022893"></a>file server I/O processor</dt>
|
|
<dd>An input/output
|
|
processor (IOP) that serves files.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022898" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022898"></a>File Services</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaato.htm#x2032665">OSI File Services</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022902" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022902"></a>file share</dt>
|
|
<dd>A unique name assigned
|
|
to an iSeries integrated file system directory that lets remote users and applications
|
|
access the directory.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022907" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022907"></a>files library</dt>
|
|
<dd>The library to search
|
|
for database files for a System/36™ environment job.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022912" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022912"></a>file system</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In the hierarchical file
|
|
system, the underlying system support that manages I/O operations to files
|
|
and controls the format of information on the storage media. A file system
|
|
allows applications to create and manage files on storage devices and to perform
|
|
I/O operations to those files.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) A collection of files and certain
|
|
attributes associated with those files.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022920" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022920"></a>file transfer, access, and management (FTAM)</dt>
|
|
<dd>The OSI standard for transferring files between nodes.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022925" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022925"></a>File Transfer Protocol (FTP)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In TCP/IP,
|
|
an application protocol used for transferring files to and from host computers.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022930" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022930"></a>file transfer support (FTS)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A function
|
|
of the operating system that moves file members from one iSeries server to
|
|
another or from an iSeries server to a System/36 by using asynchronous, APPC, or BSCEL
|
|
communications support.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022935" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022935"></a>file translation</dt>
|
|
<dd>In RPG, a function
|
|
that can change any of the 256 EBCDIC characters into another EBCDIC character.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022940" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022940"></a>filler line</dt>
|
|
<dd>In RLU, a record in a
|
|
report prototype that represents spacing between record formats and is used
|
|
in the data description specifications (DDS) for the report.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022945" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022945"></a>fillet</dt>
|
|
<dd>A curve that is tangent to
|
|
the end points of two connected lines.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022950" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022950"></a>fill pattern</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Business Graphics
|
|
Utility, the shading used inside a bar and pie slice on a chart and below
|
|
the lines of a chart.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022955" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022955"></a>filter</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In System Manager, a function
|
|
that assigns alerts or problems into groups and specifies the actions to take
|
|
for each group. A filter consists of selection entries and action entries.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) Criteria with which Internet Protocol (IP) packets are compared
|
|
and either allowed to continue to their destinations or blocked. Filters contain
|
|
such criteria as destination address, source address, and transport protocol.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022974" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022974"></a>filtering</dt>
|
|
<dd>The selective function
|
|
of allowing some Internet Protocol (IP) packets to continue to their destination
|
|
or, at the same time, blocking others.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022969" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022969"></a>filter interface</dt>
|
|
<dd>A statement that
|
|
is used to associate a set of filter rules with a particular physical interface.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022979" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022979"></a>filter rule</dt>
|
|
<dd>A rule that selects particular
|
|
Internet Protocol (IP) traffic and requests an action for that traffic. Possible
|
|
actions are to discard the packet, to allow the packet without security, and
|
|
to take the appropriate IP security action.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022989" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022989"></a>final-form text (FFT)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A data stream
|
|
defined by document content architecture that is used to exchange resolved
|
|
documents (which can be printed directly by most printers or displayed) between
|
|
systems. See also <a href="rzaatr.htm#x2047015">revisable-form text</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022984" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022984"></a>Final-Form Text Document Content Architecture</dt>
|
|
<dd>The architecture that specifies the structure of the data stream
|
|
used for the interchange of text documents formatted for presentation. A Final-Form
|
|
Text:Document Content Architecture document consists of text and formatting
|
|
information that controls the presentation of the text.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022994" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022994"></a>final warning</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI Communications
|
|
Subsystem, a subsystem threshold that indicates that not enough system storage
|
|
is available to maintain existing connections. When the final warning threshold
|
|
is reached, the subsystem ends existing connections and does not allow new
|
|
connections to be made. See also <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023076">first warning</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2022999" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2022999"></a>finance communications</dt>
|
|
<dd>The data communications
|
|
support that allows i5/OS™ programs to communicate with programs on finance
|
|
controllers, using the SNA LU session type 0 protocol.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023004" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023004"></a>finance device</dt>
|
|
<dd>A device, such as
|
|
the 4700 Finance Communications System devices and the 3694 Document Processor,
|
|
that performs functions specifically related to the finance industry. The
|
|
3180, 3270, and 5250 work stations are not finance devices.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023009" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023009"></a>finance I/O manager (FIOM)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A set
|
|
of routines that can be used by an application program to do I/O operations
|
|
on a finance device that is configured as a non-intersystem communications
|
|
function (non-ICF) device.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023014" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023014"></a>finance support</dt>
|
|
<dd>A part of the system
|
|
support that uses an iSeries server as a host system to which finance devices
|
|
can be attached.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023019" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023019"></a>finger</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Internet communications,
|
|
a program that displays information about the current users of a local or
|
|
remote system. The finger usually displays the user's full name, last login
|
|
time, idle time, terminal line, and terminal location (where applicable).</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023024" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023024"></a>finishing margin</dt>
|
|
<dd>In printing, the
|
|
distance from the edge of a paper to the line where staples are placed for
|
|
edge stitching.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2193511" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2193511"></a>FIOM</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023009">finance
|
|
I/O manager</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023033" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023033"></a>firewall</dt>
|
|
<dd>A network configuration,
|
|
usually both hardware and software, that prevents unauthorized traffic into
|
|
and out of a secure network.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023038" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023038"></a>first-character forms control (FCFC)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A method that specifies the format of printed output. The first character
|
|
of each record determines the format.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023043" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023043"></a>first-failure data capture (FFDC)</dt>
|
|
<dd>The i5/OS implementation of the FFST architecture providing problem recognition,
|
|
selective dump of diagnostic data, symptom string generation, and problem
|
|
log entry.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023048" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023048"></a>First Failure Support
|
|
Technology (FFST)</dt>
|
|
<dd>An IBM architecture that defines a single approach
|
|
to error detection through defensive programming techniques. These techniques
|
|
provide proactive (passive until required) problem recognition and a description
|
|
of diagnostic output required to debug a software problem.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2055038" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2055038"></a>first-in-first-out (FIFO)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A queuing
|
|
technique in which the next item to be retrieved is the item that has been
|
|
in the queue for the longest time. See also <a href="rzaatl.htm#x2028302">last-in
|
|
first-out</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023061" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023061"></a>first-level folder</dt>
|
|
<dd>A folder name
|
|
that is not preceded by another folder name. A first-level folder is the first
|
|
folder name in a folder path. For example, if folder A is a first-level folder,
|
|
folder path A/B indicates that folder B is within folder A, and that folder
|
|
A is within the root folder.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023066" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023066"></a>first-page indicator</dt>
|
|
<dd>In RPG, an indicator,
|
|
coded as 1P, that specifies which lines (such as headings) should be printed
|
|
on the first page only.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023071" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023071"></a>first speaker</dt>
|
|
<dd>In SNA, the logical
|
|
unit (LU) half-session defined when the session is started as the half-session
|
|
able to begin a bracket without requesting permission from the other LU half-session
|
|
to do so, and the half-session winning permission if both half-sessions attempt
|
|
to begin a bracket simultaneously. See also <a href="rzaatb.htm#x2015340">bidder</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023076" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023076"></a>first warning</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI Communications
|
|
Subsystem, a subsystem threshold that indicates that not enough system storage
|
|
is available to establish new connections. When the first warning threshold
|
|
is reached, the subsystem maintains existing connections but does not allow
|
|
new connections to be made. See also <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2022994">final warning</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023090" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023090"></a>fixed currency symbol</dt>
|
|
<dd>A currency
|
|
symbol that appears in the far left position of an edited field. See also <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023165">floating currency symbol</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023095" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023095"></a>fixed data</dt>
|
|
<dd>In AFP Utilities, an
|
|
element in the record layout and page layout that has a constant value. See
|
|
also <a href="rzaatv.htm#x2042968">variable data</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023104" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023104"></a>fixed file attribute</dt>
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, information
|
|
about a file that is established when a file is created and that cannot subsequently
|
|
be changed during the existence of the file. Attributes include the organization
|
|
of the file (sequential, relative, or indexed), the prime record key, the
|
|
alternate record keys, the minimum and maximum record size, the record type
|
|
(fixed or variable), the collating sequence of the keys for indexed files,
|
|
the minimum and maximum physical record size, the padding character, and the
|
|
record delimiter.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023109" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023109"></a>fixed-form</dt>
|
|
<dd>Pertaining to the entering
|
|
of data according to certain rules of format. See also <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023480">free-form</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023114" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023114"></a>fixed length</dt>
|
|
<dd>A specified length for
|
|
a record or field that cannot be changed. See also <a href="rzaatv.htm#x2042973">variable length</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023119" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023119"></a>fixed-length</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) Pertaining to a characteristic
|
|
of a file in which all of the records are the same length. See also <a href="rzaatv.htm#x2042978">variable-length</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) Pertaining to a characteristic of a field
|
|
on a display that is of a defined length.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2001966" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2001966"></a>fixed-length string</dt>
|
|
<dd>A character or
|
|
graphic string whose length is specified and cannot be changed. See also <a href="rzaatv.htm#x2005671">varying-length string</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2055049" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2055049"></a>fixed pacing</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2055053">fixed session-level pacing</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023124" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023124"></a>fixed-point constant</dt>
|
|
<dd>A numeric constant
|
|
shown as an optional sign followed by one or more digits and a decimal point.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023129" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023129"></a>fixed-point format</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) The external representation
|
|
of a decimal value, that shows an optional sign followed by one or more digits,
|
|
a decimal point, and zero or more digits.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) The internal storage
|
|
format that represents a fixed-point value that can be stored either in zoned
|
|
or packed decimal format.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023137" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023137"></a>fixed-point notation</dt>
|
|
<dd>A REXX number
|
|
that is written without exponentiation.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2055053" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2055053"></a>fixed session-level pacing (fixed pacing)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A form of session-level pacing in which the data transfer rate is controlled
|
|
using fixed pacing-window sizes, which are initialized at session-activation
|
|
time. See also <a href="rzaata.htm#x2048597">adaptive session-level pacing</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2170689" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2170689"></a>fix pack</dt>
|
|
<dd>A cumulative collection
|
|
of fixes that does not contain new functions. A fix pack can contain fixes
|
|
that have not been shipped previously. Full regression testing is performed
|
|
on fix packs. See also <a href="rzaatp.htm#x2035138">program temporary fix</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023142" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023142"></a>flag</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) Information about the extended
|
|
attribute that is stored with the extended attribute.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) The bit
|
|
sequence 01111110 used to mark a frame in SDLC.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023150" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023150"></a>flight recorder</dt>
|
|
<dd>An object that stores
|
|
trace information used to record a history of what has happened in the system's
|
|
programs. The flight recorder contains only information that helps to identify
|
|
the flow of the system's programs and status information.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023155" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023155"></a>floating bar chart</dt>
|
|
<dd>A chart that shows
|
|
bars detached from either line. See also <a href="rzaatc.htm#x2017876">composite bar
|
|
chart</a>, <a href="rzaatm.htm#x2030797">multiple bar chart</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023160" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023160"></a>floating bar graph</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Performance
|
|
Tools, a graph that shows bars detached from either line. See also <a href="rzaatc.htm#x2017881">composite bar graph</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023165" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023165"></a>floating currency symbol</dt>
|
|
<dd>A currency
|
|
symbol that appears immediately to the left of the far left position in an
|
|
edited field. See also <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023090">fixed currency symbol</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023170" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023170"></a>floating point</dt>
|
|
<dd>A method of encoding
|
|
real numbers within the limits of finite precision available on computers.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023175" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023175"></a>floating-point constant</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) A numeric
|
|
constant shown as an optional sign, followed by the letter D or E, followed
|
|
by a 1- to 3-digit integer constant. For example, 3E-02, which is 3 times
|
|
10 to the -2 power or 0.03.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) A number shown as an optional sign
|
|
followed by one or more digits and a decimal point, which may be at the end.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023183" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023183"></a>floating-point format</dt>
|
|
<dd>In binary floating-point
|
|
representation, the storage format that represents a binary floating-point
|
|
value.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023188" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023188"></a>floating-point notation</dt>
|
|
<dd>A REXX number
|
|
that is written using exponentiation.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023193" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023193"></a>flow</dt>
|
|
<dd>The passing of a message from
|
|
one process to another. For example, Distributed Relational
|
|
Database Architecture™ (DRDA®) flows are those that consist only of
|
|
messages described by the DRDA protocol as part of the DRDA protocols.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023198" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023198"></a>flow control</dt>
|
|
<dd>In OSI, procedures that
|
|
control the amount of data than can be sent from one node to another. Flow
|
|
control is used to prevent a node from sending data to another node faster
|
|
than the receiver can handle it.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2044134" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2044134"></a>flush left</dt>
|
|
<dd>Text aligned at the left
|
|
margin. See also <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2044139">flush right</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2044139" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2044139"></a>flush right</dt>
|
|
<dd>Text aligned at the right
|
|
margin. See also <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2044134">flush left</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023203" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023203"></a>FM</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023485">frequency
|
|
modulation</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2193519" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2193519"></a>FM header</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023627">function management header</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023211" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023211"></a>focal point</dt>
|
|
<dd>An APPN network node
|
|
that is the destination of alerts. A focal point allows a customer to centrally
|
|
manage a network.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023216" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023216"></a>focus</dt>
|
|
<dd>In VisualAge® RPG, the
|
|
state of a component, as indicated by the cursor, that indicates where a user's
|
|
interaction with the keyboard will appear.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023221" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023221"></a>fold</dt>
|
|
<dd>To continue data on the next
|
|
line.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023226" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023226"></a>folder</dt>
|
|
<dd>A container used to organize
|
|
objects.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023237" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023237"></a>folderless document</dt>
|
|
<dd>A document in
|
|
the document library that is not in any folder.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023242" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023242"></a>folder path</dt>
|
|
<dd>A folder name, followed
|
|
by one or more additional folder names, where each preceding folder is found.
|
|
For example, path A/B indicates that folder B is within folder A, and that
|
|
folder A is in the root folder.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023247" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023247"></a>font</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) A family or assortment of characters
|
|
of a given size and style, for example, 9-point Bodoni modern. A font has
|
|
a unique name and may have a registry number.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) A particular type
|
|
style (for example, Bodoni or Times Roman) that contains definitions of character
|
|
sets, marker sets, and pattern sets.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023255" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023255"></a>font character set</dt>
|
|
<dd>Part of an AFP font
|
|
that contains the raster patterns, identifiers, and descriptions of characters.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023260" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023260"></a>font ID</dt>
|
|
<dd>A number that identifies
|
|
the character style and size for certain printers.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023265" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023265"></a>font palette</dt>
|
|
<dd>In VisualAge RPG, a
|
|
window from which the user can select the font to be applied to a selected
|
|
control.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023270" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023270"></a>font resource</dt>
|
|
<dd>A resource object that
|
|
is required to print AFPDS documents on a printer. The three types of font
|
|
resources are coded fonts, character sets, and code pages. The system-recognized
|
|
identifier for the object type is *FNTRSC.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2044144" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2044144"></a>footer</dt>
|
|
<dd>Text that is formatted to
|
|
be in the bottom margin of printed pages in a document. For example, the
|
|
header could be a page number, the date, an outline heading, or the document
|
|
ID. See also <a href="rzaath.htm#x2024277">header</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023275" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023275"></a>footing area</dt>
|
|
<dd>In COBOL, the position
|
|
of the page body adjacent to the bottom margin.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023280" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023280"></a>force-all</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Application Development
|
|
ToolSet, a specification that tests whether the control field in the input
|
|
record contains a particular entry. If it does not, the control field character
|
|
is replaced before the record is sorted.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023285" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023285"></a>forced Licensed Internal Code completion</dt>
|
|
<dd>A function of the system that allows the user to force a deadlocked
|
|
system to complete interrupted machine instructions by turning the Power switch
|
|
on the control panel to the Delayed Off position.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023290" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023290"></a>force time</dt>
|
|
<dd>The time when all items
|
|
on a distribution queue are sent regardless of how many items are on the queue.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2007309" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2007309"></a>foreign key</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) A field or set of fields
|
|
in a dependent file of a constraint relationship. Each foreign key value must
|
|
either match a parent key value in the related parent file or be null.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) A column or set of columns that refers to a parent key.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(3) In a relational database, a key in one table that references the primary key
|
|
in another table.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023301" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023301"></a>fork</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) To create and start a child
|
|
process. Forking is similar to creating an address space and attaching. It
|
|
creates a copy of the parent process, including open file descriptors.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) A function that creates a new process (child process), which is almost
|
|
an exact copy of the calling process (parent process). The working storage
|
|
of the parent process is copied to the child process, and the same program
|
|
continues running in both the parent process and the child process from the
|
|
point of the fork function.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023310" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023310"></a>form</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) In query management, an object
|
|
that describes how to format the data for printing or displaying a report.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) A physical sheet of paper or other medium on which data is printed.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023318" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023318"></a>format</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) The shape, size, printing
|
|
requirements, and general makeup of a printed document or presentation display.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) The arrangement or layout of data in a data medium.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(3) To prepare a diskette for use by a computer, by creating an addressing scheme
|
|
for data storage.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(4) To arrange information on a page, in a file,
|
|
or on a display screen.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023339" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023339"></a>format identification field (FID, FID field)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In SNA, a field in each transmission header (TH) that indicates
|
|
the format of the TH; that is, the presence or absence of certain fields.
|
|
TH formats differ in accordance with the types of nodes between which they
|
|
pass.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023344" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023344"></a>format line</dt>
|
|
<dd>In SEU, the abbreviated
|
|
names of the source line fields that are displayed directly above the source
|
|
line. The format line is displayed when the F (format) line command is run.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023349" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023349"></a>format selector</dt>
|
|
<dd>A user-defined program
|
|
(either a CL or a high-level language program) that determines where a record
|
|
should be placed in the database when an application program does not pass
|
|
a record format name for a record being added to a logical file.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023354" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023354"></a>Formatted Data Object Content Architecture (FD:OCA)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A defined collection of constructs used to interchange formatted
|
|
data.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023359" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023359"></a>formatted diskette</dt>
|
|
<dd>A diskette on
|
|
which the control information for a particular computer system has been written
|
|
but which may or may not contain any data.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023364" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023364"></a>formatted document</dt>
|
|
<dd>A document arranged
|
|
in paragraphs and pages usually for viewing or printing.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2055404" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2055404"></a>formatted system service</dt>
|
|
<dd>A portion
|
|
of VTAM® that provides certain system services as a result of receiving a
|
|
field-formatted command, such as an Initiate or Terminate command. See also <a href="rzaatu.htm#x2042481">unformatted system service</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023382" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023382"></a>formatted text</dt>
|
|
<dd>The footnote reference
|
|
number and the associated text within the footnote that is resolved at the
|
|
bottom of the page.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023387" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023387"></a>form definition</dt>
|
|
<dd>An AFP resource object
|
|
that defines the characteristics of the form or printed media, including:
|
|
overlays to be used, duplex printing, text suppression, the position of composed-text
|
|
data on the form, and the number and modifications of a page.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023392" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023392"></a>form feed</dt>
|
|
<dd>An ASCII printer control,
|
|
0C, that causes the printer to eject the current page. All jobs printing on
|
|
a page printer should end with a form feed, which forces the last page to
|
|
print.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023397" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023397"></a>form-field editing</dt>
|
|
<dd>Numeric, character,
|
|
or date and time editing that can be specified for a form-field instruction.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023402" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023402"></a>forms control table (FCT)</dt>
|
|
<dd>An object
|
|
that contains the special processing requirements for output data streams
|
|
received from a host system by a remote job entry (RJE) session. The system-recognized
|
|
identifier for the object type is *FCT.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023407" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023407"></a>forms flash</dt>
|
|
<dd>In AFP support on the
|
|
3800 Printing Subsystem, a means of printing an overlay using a negative plate
|
|
projected on a form.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023412" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023412"></a>form type</dt>
|
|
<dd>A 10-character identifier,
|
|
assigned by the user, that identifies each type of form used for printed output.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2210101" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2210101"></a>forwardable tickets</dt>
|
|
<dd>Forwardable tickets
|
|
allow a server to pass on the credentials of the requester to another service.
|
|
For this to happen, the initial TGT must have been requested with the forwardable
|
|
option and the server is allowed to delegate credentials.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023422" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023422"></a>forwarder</dt>
|
|
<dd>A name server whose main
|
|
purpose is to handle all off-site queries for name servers at a given site.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023427" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023427"></a>forward-mapping domain</dt>
|
|
<dd>A domain database
|
|
file that maps host names to Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2011501" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2011501"></a>forward recovery</dt>
|
|
<dd>The process of reconstructing
|
|
a file from a particular point by restoring a saved version of the file and
|
|
then applying changes to that file in the same order they were originally
|
|
made. See also <a href="rzaatb.htm#x2015028">backout recovery</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023435" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023435"></a>FQDN</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023574">fully
|
|
qualified domain name</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023439" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023439"></a>fragment</dt>
|
|
<dd>An Internet Protocol (IP)
|
|
datagram that contains only a portion of the user data from a larger IP</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023444" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023444"></a>fragmentation</dt>
|
|
<dd>The process of breaking
|
|
down an Internet Protocol (IP) datagram into smaller parts to match the capabilities
|
|
of the physical medium over which it will be transmitted. See also <a href="rzaatd.htm#x2053058">defragmentation</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023449" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023449"></a>frame</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) The block of information transmitted
|
|
between two or more stations in the data link layer of a network. It includes
|
|
delimiters, control characters, information, and checking characters.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) In hypertext markup language (HTML) coding, a subset of the Web browser
|
|
window.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023457" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023457"></a>frame check sequence (FCS)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In communications,
|
|
a field in a frame used to determine if the frame was received without an
|
|
error. Extra characters added to a frame for error checking.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023462" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023462"></a>frame reject (FRMR)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In communications,
|
|
a data link command or response used to reject a received frame. A frame reject
|
|
is generally used to indicate that the received protocol data unit is not
|
|
valid or not supported.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023467" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023467"></a>frame relay</dt>
|
|
<dd>A protocol for routing
|
|
frames through the network based on the address field (data link connection
|
|
identifier) in the frame and for managing the route or virtual connection.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023472" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023472"></a>framework</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) A set of classes that embodies
|
|
an abstract design for solutions to a family of related problems.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) A set of class libraries encompassing the following: Functions (or set of
|
|
functions) of a particular domain arranged in an inheritance hierarchy. An
|
|
encoded model for use of the framework that defines the relationships between
|
|
the classes in the framework and the rules that govern their use. Frameworks
|
|
call the code; the user does not call the frameworks.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023480" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023480"></a>free-form</dt>
|
|
<dd>Pertaining to the entering
|
|
of data without regard for rules of format. See also <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023109">fixed-form</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023485" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023485"></a>frequency modulation (FM)</dt>
|
|
<dd>The process
|
|
of regulating the frequency of the carrier wave in accordance with speech
|
|
or a signal.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023490" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023490"></a>FRMR</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2023462">frame
|
|
reject</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023499" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023499"></a>FTAM</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2022920">file
|
|
transfer, access, and management</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2148503" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2148503"></a>FTP</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2022925">File
|
|
Transfer Protocol</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023507" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023507"></a>FTS</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2022930">file
|
|
transfer support</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2044103" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2044103"></a>FULIC</dt>
|
|
<dd>See <a href="rzaatf.htm#x2044110">feature-unique Licensed Internal Code</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023511" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023511"></a>full backup</dt>
|
|
<dd>The process of copying
|
|
all the files on a system. See also <a href="rzaatc.htm#x2018929">cumulative backup</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023516" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023516"></a>full DST capability</dt>
|
|
<dd>A dedicated service
|
|
tools (DST) capability used by a service representative or an experienced
|
|
system user that provides access to all DST functions except changing DST
|
|
passwords.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023526" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023526"></a>full menus</dt>
|
|
<dd>A choice that allows a
|
|
user to see all of the choices available on the menus.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023536" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023536"></a>full notebook</dt>
|
|
<dd>A choice that allows
|
|
a user to see all of the choices available in the notebook.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023546" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023546"></a>full procedural file</dt>
|
|
<dd>In RPG, a file
|
|
that uses input operations controlled by programmer-specified operation codes
|
|
instead of by the program cycle. See also <a href="rzaatp.htm#x2034444">primary file</a>.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023551" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023551"></a>full save operation</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Backup Recovery
|
|
and Media Services, a backup operation that includes all objects, libraries,
|
|
or folders in a control group regardless of whether they have been changed
|
|
since the last backup operation or archive operation.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023556" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023556"></a>full-screen editor</dt>
|
|
<dd>A program that
|
|
allows users to edit an entire screen of data or text at one time.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2002011" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2002011"></a>fullselect</dt>
|
|
<dd>In SQL, that form of the
|
|
SELECT statement that includes ORDER BY or UNION operators.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023564" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023564"></a>fullword binary</dt>
|
|
<dd>In DB2® UDB for iSeries, a binary number with a precision of 31 bits.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023574" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023574"></a>fully qualified domain name (FQDN)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In Internet communications, the name of a host system that includes all of
|
|
the subnames of the domain name. An example of a fully qualified domain name
|
|
is rchland.vnet.ibm.com.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2002021" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2002021"></a>function</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) A named group of statements
|
|
that can be called and evaluated and can return a value to the calling statement.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) In SQL, an operation that supplies a single value from another
|
|
value or from a set of values. A function obtains a single value by applying
|
|
the function name (for example, AVG) to the result of the expression (for
|
|
example, column-name).</dd>
|
|
<dd>(3) In REXX, a series of instructions that
|
|
a REXX procedure calls to perform a specific task and to return a value. The
|
|
three types of routines that can be called as functions are internal, built-in,
|
|
and external.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(4) Any instruction or set of related instructions that
|
|
perform a specific operation.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(5) In capacity planning, a set of transactions
|
|
performed by a user to accomplish a task such as update calendar, send mail,
|
|
and so on. A function may be comprised of interactive and non-interactive
|
|
transactions.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2210463" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2210463"></a>functional privilege</dt>
|
|
<dd>The ability
|
|
to grant or revoke access to individual service tools functions.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023594" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023594"></a>functional unit</dt>
|
|
<dd>(1) Hardware, software,
|
|
or a combination of hardware and software that is capable of accomplishing
|
|
a specified purpose.</dd>
|
|
<dd>(2) In OSI, a logical grouping of related services.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023602" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023602"></a>function call</dt>
|
|
<dd>In REXX, the process
|
|
of calling a set of instructions that must return a result. Function calls
|
|
can be included in an expression anywhere that a term would be valid.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023607" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023607"></a>function check</dt>
|
|
<dd>A notification that
|
|
an unexpected condition has stopped the running of a program.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023612" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023612"></a>function control sequence (FCS)</dt>
|
|
<dd>A multiple-leaving telecommunications access method (MTAM), control character
|
|
that controls the flow of individual function streams.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023617" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023617"></a>function key</dt>
|
|
<dd>A keyboard key that
|
|
allows the user to select keyboard functions or programmer functions.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023622" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023622"></a>function key indicator</dt>
|
|
<dd>In RPG, an
|
|
indicator that is set on when a valid corresponding function key is pressed.
|
|
Valid function key indicators are KA through KN and KP through KY.</dd>
|
|
<dt id="x2023627" class="bold">
|
|
<a name="x2023627"></a>function management header (FM header)</dt>
|
|
<dd>In SNA, a record that contains control information for the data that
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follows.</dd>
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<a name="x2023632"></a>function name</dt>
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<dd>In COBOL, an IBM-defined
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name that identifies system logical units, system-supplied information, printer
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control characters, and program switches.</dd>
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to the application program, by which CICS accesses resources when those resources
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