- Industry: Computer
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An area of main storage acquired by CICS when a task is first dispatched. It is used to control the processing of the task. Once acquired, the TCA exists until the task is terminated. It contains the current status of the task, its relative dispatching priority, and parameters and information being passed between CICS and the application program. During execution of the task, the user can change the priority through task control services; further processing of the task is scheduled accordingly.
Industry:Software
An export that allows only one definition of an external symbol to be used by the binder. The first definition in the binder search is chosen, and duplicate definitions are discarded. The binder always chooses a strong export over a weak export for the same symbol. See also weak export.
Industry:Software
A work area used in conversational processing to retain information from an application program across executions of the program.
Industry:Software
An export that allows several definitions for the same external symbol. Each weak export has an associated key value, which is the size of the data item. The binder chooses the weak export with the largest key value. See also strong export.
Industry:Software
A work context that can be switched from one task to another. A privately-managed context is generally used by a work manager, such as the Information Management System (IMS).
Industry:Software
An area of main storage that is used for sorting record identifiers during list-prefetch processing.
Industry:Software
An exported logical volume (LVOL) that has undergone the import process and can be referenced as a tape volume within a virtual tape server (VTS) library. An imported LVOL originates from a stacked volume that underwent the export process.
Industry:Software
An area of memory in a program that is modifiable during the running of a program. Typically, this area contains global variables and function and variable descriptors for dynamic link libraries (DLLs).
Industry:Software
