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APPENDIX II
GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
ABEND— Abnormal end of job.
ALCS— Automated library control system.
ALU— Arithmetic/Logic unit.
ATLC— Automated tape library control.
C
CAD— Computer-aided design
CMOS— Complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
CODASYL— Conference on data systems languages.
COOP— Continuity of operations.
CPU— Central processing unit.
D
DASDI— Direct access storage device initialization.
DBMS— Database management system.
DBTG— Database task group.
DDL— Data definition language.
DML— Data manipulation language.
DOS— Disk operating system.
DTP— Desktop publishing.
E
EPROM— Erasable programmable read-only
memory.
I
IC— Integrated circuits.
IPL— Initial program loading.
L
LAN— Local--area network.
LQ— Letter quality.
LSI— Large-scale integration.
M
MODEM— Modulator-demodulator.
P
PROM— Programmable read-only memory.
Q
QWERTY— Refers to the letter sequence QWERTY
on the keyboard.
R
RAM— Random-access memory.
ROM— Read-only memory.
S
SOP— Standard operating procedure.
SYSRES— System resident.
U
UWA— User work area.
V
VLSI— Very-large-scale integration.
W
WORM— Write once, read many.
WYSIWYG— What you see is what you get.
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