| GLOSSARY |
Allocate | To create a file on the microcomputer. |
API | Application Program Interface. The interface |
| (calling conventions) by which an application |
| program accesses operating system and other |
| services. |
ASCII character set | American Standard Code for Information |
| Interchange. A standard set of characters used by |
| microcomputers to represent data. See also EBCDIC |
| character set. |
BASIC sequential format *BASICS. One of four micro file formats supported by ETU. BASIC sequential files are usually created with database applications. Commas separate the fields within a BASIC sequential file.
batch processing | One of two ways of running jobs on the AS/400 |
| (along with interactive processing). A job run in |
| batch is submitted to a job queue where it will |
| be processed when it reaches the top of the |
| queue. |
data transfer | The process of moving data between the micro and |
| the host with ETU. |
data translation | An ETU process in which data is changed from |
| ASCII to EBCDIC or from EBCDIC to ASCII, so that |
| host data can be used on the micro, and micro |
| data can be used on the host. |
DDS | Data Description Specifications. A means of |
| creating external file definitions on the AS/400. |
| With DDS, you will define each field within the |
| file you are defining. DDS are created using the |
| AS/400 facility Source Entry Utility. |
DIF format | *DIF. One of four micro file formats supported by |
| ETU. DIF files are usually created with |
| spreadsheet applications such as LOTUS |
EBCDIC character set | Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code. A |
| set of characters used by IBM midrange computers |
| and display stations to represent data. See also |
| ASCII character set. |
ETU | Emulator Transfer Utility. AS/400 utility that |
| transfers files to or from 5250 emulators. The |
| best around. |
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