There are two different P's. MVS P is stoP. JES P is Purge.
Working from (non-parity checked) memory here. Someone will sure hasten to correct me if I am wrong. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Sunday, October 3, 2021 8:10 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Abbrev. (was: PL/I vs. JCL) On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 10:02:46 -0400, David Spiegel wrote: >Hi Charles, >I guess that nobody bothered to tell the tech writer that the "S" in >MVS, is an abbreviation for "Storage". > Decades ago, I learned "Segments", and I've thought that ever since. I may never have uttered it. But, GIYF (sic), "Storage" seems to be the mode, and I must retrain myself. I've heard operators pronounce "P" as "Purge". Is that misleading? I dislike abbreviations that are not prefix strings. I may make an exception for "X" for either "TRANS" or "EX". TSO seems not to have abbreviations, but alternate names. It's not "ALLOCate", so I may code "ALLOCATE" of "ALLOC", but not "ALLOCA". And "PGM=" is not a keyword. That should have been forbidden. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
