Terminology

The Mainframe Adapter Suite incorporates, and is bundled with, third party software and documentation. The terminology used in the third party documentation differs from that used in WebSphere documentation as shown in Table 1:

Table 1. Mainframe Adapter Suite terminology

WebSphere usage Third party usage
Mainframe Agent Shadow Server
MAS Drivers Neon Client or Shadow Client or JDBC Drivers

Note:
Legacy application and application are used interchangeably.

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