Abbreviated terms
Certain terms are used in a shortened form in this information. Abbreviations for the product names used most frequently are listed alphabetically in the following table.
Term used | Long form |
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CICS® | CICS Transaction Server |
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Enterprise COBOL | IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS |
Language Environment® | IBM z/OS Language Environment |
MVS™ | MVS/ESA |
z/OS UNIX | z/OS UNIX System Services |
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In addition to these abbreviated terms, the term "85 COBOL Standard" is used to refer to the combination of the following standards:
- ISO 1989:1985, Programming languages - COBOL
- ISO/IEC 1989/AMD1:1992, Programming languages - COBOL: Intrinsic function module
- ISO/IEC 1989/AMD2:1994, Programming languages - Correction and clarification amendment for COBOL
- ANSI INCITS 23-1985, Programming Languages - COBOL
- ANSI INCITS 23a-1989, Programming Languages - Intrinsic Function Module for COBOL
- ANSI INCITS 23b-1993, Programming Language - Correction Amendment for COBOL

- INCITS/ISO/IEC 1989-2002, Information technology - Programming languages - COBOL


- INCITS/ISO/IEC 1989:2014, Information technology - Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces - Programming language COBOL

The ISO standards are identical to the American National standards.
Other terms, if not commonly understood, are shown in italics the first time that they appear, and are listed in the glossary.