Glossary
- Mapping Support
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is a subsystem that provides a programming interface for communications between the OSC program and the TN3270 terminal.
- Physical Map
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is a binary file that stores the attributes for each field of maps and information necessary for data conversion.
- Symbolic Map
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is a COBOL copybook file that contains data structure definitions used by applications.
- Map Source Code
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is a user-created IBM assembler macro source code.
- mscasmc
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is a tool to remove assembler macro commands for dump in a map.
- mscmapc
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is a tool to generate symbolic map and physical map files by compiling a map source code.
- Field
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is a concept equivalent to each individual item shown on the screen.
- Map
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is a concept equivalent to one entire screen shown in the terminal.
- Mapset
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is a logical concept meaning a group of maps. A mapset must have at least one map definition.
- DFHMDF
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is a macro that declares a field.
- DFHMDI
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is a macro that declares a map.
- DFHMSD
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is a macro that declares a mapset.