Real Words Without Definition
This one is a judgement call.
Computing and sysadmin words, and there are more of them here than you would expect.
Most come out of IBM mainframe manuals: ddname, lrecl, csect, dsect. The rest is ordinary shop talk like cputime, nanosec and dumpfile, plus product names like microvax and decnet.
These are real terms with real meanings. They live in reference manuals rather than dictionaries.
171 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | What it is |
|---|---|
| lrecl | IBM logical record length |
| macroprocessor | macro processor, software expanding macros |
| metabit | the meta bit, high-order bit set by META key |
| metabits | plural of metabit, meta-key bits |
| miceplot | MICE package plot module/dataset name |
| micerun | MICE package run module/dataset name |
| micesource | MICE package source module/dataset name |
| microstore | control store holding microcode |
| microvax | DEC MicroVAX minicomputer |
| microvaxes | plural of MicroVAX |
| microword | microcode word in a control store |
| microwords | plural of microword |
| monoprogrammed | run under single-program (non-multiprogramming) operation |
| msink | message/data sink identifier |
| msource | message/data source identifier |
| mtscmd | MTS command identifier |
| multileaving | IBM HASP multi-leaving transmission |
| multimicrocomputer | system of many microcomputers |
| nanoprogram | microcode below the microprogram level |
| nanoprogramming | writing nanocode for a nanostore |
| nanosec | jargon clipping of nanosecond |
| nanostore | memory holding a machine's nanocode |
| nanostores | nanocode memories (plural) |
| nanoword | a word of nanoprogram memory |
| nobackspace | NOBACKSPACE, device or driver option |
| nobatch | NOBATCH, compiler or job option |
| noconfirm | NOCONFIRM, suppress-prompt option |
| noebcd | NOEBCD, suppress EBCD translation option |
| noecho | NOECHO, terminal no-echo setting |
| noerror | NOERROR, suppress-error option |
| noex | NOEX, no-execute compiler option |
| noexecute | NOEXECUTE, compile-without-running option |
| nofile | NOFILE, no-file option or condition |
| nohex | NOHEX, suppress hexadecimal output option |
| noverify | NOVERIFY, compiler/utility option |
| npfx | identifier, a name-prefix variable |
| nsec | nanoseconds, timing field abbreviation |
| nybblize | to convert data into nybbles |
| objranging | identifier, object-file ranging routine |
| objscan | identifier, object-file scanning routine |
| plotlib | plotting subroutine library |
| recordsize | RECORDSIZE, a dataset record-length parameter |
| scrfchar | programming identifier, screen field character |
| sdump | IBM MVS SDUMP macro, takes an SVC dump |
| secno | mainframe identifier, section number |
| seqfchk | mainframe identifier, sequence field check |
| seqwl | mainframe identifier abbreviating sequential |
| setioerr | mainframe identifier, set I/O error |
| setpfx | mainframe identifier, set prefix |
| setuid | Unix set-user-ID permission bit |
| stddmp | mainframe identifier for a standard dump routine |
| subroutining | programming, breaking code into subroutines |
| subtasking | operating systems, running work as subtasks |
| symtab | symbol table, compiler or linker identifier |
| sysout | IBM SYSOUT, system output data set |
| tapecopy | tape copy, data copied to magnetic tape |
| tapemarks | tape marks, end-of-file markers on tape |
| tapemove | tape move, advancing a magnetic tape |
| typeout | teletype or printer output listing |
| ultranet | UltraNet, gigabit network for supercomputers |
| undflow | underflow, vowel-stripped condition/identifier name |
| uniprocessorunix | single-processor Unix |
| uucpnet | the UUCP dial-up network |
| vmintegral | virtual-memory integral, a resource accounting quantity |
| vmsize | virtual memory size |
| waflib | library module of the Waf build tool |
| watfiv | WATFIV, the Waterloo FORTRAN IV compiler |
| wordstar | WordStar, an early word processor |
| workfile | a temporary file used during processing |
| xctl | IBM CICS XCTL, transfer program control |
| xref | cross-reference, as in a linker or index |
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