Bob Yelavich's Glossary of CICS-related Terms & Abbreviations

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W

W3C

A standards body for the World Wide Web.

WAITCICS

A CICS command to wait on a list of MVS-format event control blocks (ECBs).

WAN

Wide Area Network. A computer network that links machines located over a wide area, often by means of low speed lines.

WAR

Web ARchive file. A type of Java file.

WAS

A generic abbrevation for Websphere Application Server, not being specific to either the standard, advanced or enterprise editions.

WBI

WebSphere Business Integration.

WCA

WebSphere Commerce Layer

WCC

Write Control Character. Speficies operation to be performed at a display or printer.

WDO

WebSphere Data Objects.

WebDAV

Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is a standardized, platform-independent set of extentions to HTTP 1.1 that allows uers to collaborate over the Internet by editing and managing files remotely.

WIMP

Windows-Icon-Mouse-Pointer. A graphical interface that allows access methods other than a keyboard.

WINDOWS 2000

An operating system from Microsoft Corporation for use with IBM compatbile personal computers.

WINDOWS 95, WINDOWS 98

An operating system from Microsoft Corporation for use with IBM compatbile personal computers.

WINDOWS NT

An operating system from Microsoft Corporation for use with IBM compatbile personal computers.

WLC

Workload License Charges. A software pricing model used with the IBM e-server zSeries.

WLM

Work Load Manager. The MVS WLM provides automatic, dynamic balancing of system resources (processor cycles and storage) across an MVS sysplex.

WMM

WebSphere Member Manager.

WOR

Web owning region. A CICS region in an MRO configuration which interfaces to the Internet.

WPCP

WPMEDIA

A specification associated with LUTYPE4 devices defining a word processing medium for a specific input or output devices.

WRRA

WebSphere Relational Resource Adapter.

WSAD

WebSphere Application Developer. A tool used to develop and deploy Java/EJB applications.

WSADIE

WebSphere Application Developer Integrated Edition. A tool used to develop and deploy Java/EJB applications.

WSC

1. IBM's Washington Systems Center
2. Web Services Coordination term and definition

WSCLEAR

A COBOL run-time option to initialize working storage.

WSDK

Web Services Developers Kit.

WSDL

Web Services Description Language. A standard, formal XML notation that defines a service (formats, protocols, location, etc).

WSED

WebSphere Studio Enterprise Developer.

WSG

Web Services Gateway.

WSI

Web Serices Interoperability.

WSIA

Web Services for Interactive Applications.

WSIF

Web Services Invocation Framework. A runtime environment for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).

WSIL

Web Services Inspection Language.

WSRP

Web Services for Remote Portals.

WSSD

WebSphere Studio Site Developer.

WST

Web Services Transaction.

WUI

Web User Interface. A CICSPlex term.

WWW

World Wide Web.

WYSIWYG

What you see is what you get.

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