Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!mailrus!uflorida!novavax!proxftl!markd From: markd@proxftl.UUCP (Mark Davidson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: CICS what is it? Message-ID: <821@proxftl.UUCP> Date: 27 Sep 88 21:35:45 GMT References: <3923@okstate.UUCP> <8943@srcsip.UUCP> <5740@utah-cs.UUCP> <2081@cuuxb.ATT.COM> <808@ontenv.UUCP> Reply-To: markd@proxftl.UUCP (Mark Davidson) Organization: Proximity Technology, Ft. Lauderdale Lines: 12 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Keywords: CICS. Customer Information Control System. It's an IBM monitor, mostly used under MVS, for those people who don't need all the database support that IMS provides. Mostly provides terminal support, transaction processing, message passing, and nicer file I/O support than "raw" MVS (which isn't saying much). Also provides some security to prevent unauthorized access to "transactions" (analagous to programs, except not all programs are trans- actions). -- In real life: Mark E. Davidson uflorida!novavax!proxftl!markd Proximity Technology Inc., 3511 NE 22nd Ave, Ft. Lauderdale FL, 33308 #define STANDARD_DISCLAIMER