Text preview for : C28-6537-1_Data_Management_Apr66.pdf part of IBM C28-6537-1 Data Management Apr66 IBM 360 os R01-08 C28-6537-1_Data_Management_Apr66.pdf
Back to : C28-6537-1_Data_Managemen | Home
File No. S360-30
Form C28-6537-1 OS
Systems Reference Library
IBM System/360 Operating System
Data Management
This publication contains information
concerning the data management facilities
of the IBM System/360 Operating system. It
provides programmers coding in the assem-
bler language with the information neces-
sary to deSign programs using these facili-
ties.
This publication describes the catalog-
ing, space allocation, and data access
features of the operating system. Informa-
tion is also included on record and label
formats and data organizations.
PREFACE
This publication, primarily directed to glossary of IBM System/360 Operatinq Sys-
applications programmers coding in the tem: Concepts and Facilities, Form
assembler language, is a guide to the data C28-6535.
management facilities of the System/360
Operating System. Because it provides
detailed information on the facilities It is suggested that the reader be
available and how they are used, program- familiar with the information contained in
mers coding in a language other than the the prerequisite publications listed below,
assembler language will also find this as well as with the functional and opera-
publication useful. tional characteristics of direct-access
devices as described in the recommended
,This is one of a group of publications publication.
that describe the organization, functions,
and applications of the System/360 Operat-
ing System. Detailed information on and PREREQUISITE PUBLICATIONS
coding specifications for the macro-
instructions and the control statements IBM System/360 Operating System: Intro-
described herein may be found in the duction, Form C28-6534
publications IBM System/360 Operating Sys-
tem: control Program Services, Form IBM System/360 Operating System: Con-
C28-6541 and IBM System/360 Operating Sys- cepts and Facilities, Form C28-6535
tem: Job control Language, Form C28-6539,
respectively.
RECOMMENDED PUBLICATION
Terms used in this publication are IBM 2841 Storage Control Unit, Form
defined either in the text or in the A24-3254
MAJOR REVISION (April, 1966)
This edition, Form C28-6537-1, obsoletes Form C28-6537-0. significant
changes have been made throughout the manual, and this new edition
should be reviewed in its entirety.
This publication was prepared for production using an IBM computer to
update the text and to control the page and line format. Page
impressions for photo-offset printing were obtained from an IBM 1403
Printer using a special print chain.
copies of this and other IBM publications can be obtained through IBN
Branch Offices.
A form for readers' comments appears at the back of this publication.
It may be mailed directly to IBM. Address any additional comments
concerning this publication to the IBM Corporation, Programming Systems
Publications, Department D58, PO Box 390, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 12602