gtpg1m06 | General Information |
This book provides a basic understanding of the IBM Transaction Processing Facility (TPF) Version 4 Release 1 system as well as an overview of the TPF operating system, describing its characteristics, functions, and the features that allow the TPF system to grow. This book helps your installation answer the question: "Should we buy the TPF 4.1 system?"
In this book, abbreviations are often used instead of spelled-out terms. Every term is spelled out at first mention followed by the all-caps abbreviation enclosed in parentheses; for example, Systems Network Architecture (SNA). Abbreviations are defined again at various intervals throughout the book. In addition, the majority of abbreviations and their definitions are listed in the master glossary in the TPF Library Guide.
This book is intended for executives, managers, and system analysts to help them decide if the TPF system is suitable for their environment. It is also suitable for anyone who needs a general understanding of the TPF system.
The reader should have a basic knowledge of data processing and data communications.
This book provides background information describing the TPF system, its concepts, structure, and features, and explains in detail the new functions in the TPF 4.1 system.
The TPF library uses the following conventions:
Conventions | Examples of Usage |
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italic |
Used for important words and phrases. For example:
Used to represent variable information. For example:
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bold | Used to represent text that you type. For example:
Used to represent variable information in C language. For example:
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monospaced | Used for messages and information that displays on a screen. For
example:
PROCESSING COMPLETED Used for C language functions. For example: maskc Used for examples. For example: maskc(MASKC_ENABLE, MASKC_IO); |
bold italic | Used for emphasis. For example:
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Bold underscore | Used to indicate the default in a list of options. For
example:
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Vertical bar | | Used to separate options in a list. (Also referred to as the OR
symbol.) For example:
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CAPital LETters | Used to indicate valid abbreviations for keywords. For
example:
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Scale | Used to indicate the column location of input. The scale begins at
column position 1. The plus sign (+) represents increments of 5
and the numerals represent increments of 10 on the scale. The first
plus sign (+) represents column position 5; numeral 1 shows column
position 10; numeral 2 shows column position 20 and so on. The
following example shows the required text and column position for the image
clear card.
|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7... LOADER IMAGE CLEAR Notes:
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A list of related books for the TPF 4.1 announcement follows:
The following is an IBM Systems Application Architecture (SAA) book that can be purchased separately:
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