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Glossary
A
access capability The type of
access to be given to a user
security class for a file or element,
as follows:
R — allows the user identified by
the security class to locate and
read a file or an element;
U — allows the user identified by
the security class to read and
update values in a file or an
element, except search or sort
elements;
M — allows the user identified by
the security class to read, update,
add to, and delete from a file or an
element;
X — allows only the creator to
access the data set or data
element;
account The name of an MPE
account. (See the MPE
Commands Reference manual)
alias An optional name you
assign to an already defined
entity for local use in programs,
groups, and files.
association Ties together
unlike entities such as an
element and a file.
AUTO An IMAGE automatic
master data set which contains
only one data item - the search
item - and is related to one or
more IMAGE detail data sets.
B
BASE detail data sets.
blocking factor The number of
records per block; a block is the
smallest unit of data transferred
by the file system
byte position The starting
position for a data element within
a parent data element.
C
category The name used to
identify the natural relationships
within an organization or a
business.
child An entity which is
subordinately related to another
entity of the same type, such as:
CHILD CATEGORY a category
that is subordinately related to
another category;
CHILD ELEMENT a data
element that is subordinately
related to another data element;
CHILD FILE a file that is
subordinately related to another
file;
CHILD GROUP a group that is
subordinately related to another
group;
class A numeric value which can
be assigned to data elements for
the purpose of defining who may
or may not access the file.
class-file A data dictionary
entity to which data files can be
assigned in order to define who
may or may not have access to
those files.