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== Acronyms ==
; AFP
: Advanced Function Presentation, a print-stream format made popular by IBM. 
; AIX
: Advanced Interactive eXecutive.  IBM's UNIX operating system for servers containing POWER processors.
; ARS
: The prefix for all CMOD commands.  Rumoured to stand for 'Archive Retrieval System'.
; CMOD
: Content Manager OnDemand, IBM's Enterprise Report Management software.
; FORMDEF / PAGEDEF
: Form Definition / Page Definition.  A component of an AFP data stream, defining the parameters of a form or page.
; JES
: [http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/zosbasics/com.ibm.zos.zconcepts/zconc_whatisjes.htm Job Entry Subsystem.]  In CMOD, JES is a source of mainframe output data from reports "the JES spool".  This output data can be downloaded directly from a mainframe using arsjesd.
; PDF
: Portable Document Format.  Adobe's popular format for creating, viewing, and printing documents that maintain their fidelity (look and feel) across many different types of systems (i.e. Mac, Windows, Linux, UNIX)
; POWER
: Performance Optimized With Enhanced RISC.  IBM's custom-designed server-grade processors.
; PSEG
: Page Segment.  A component of an AFP data stream, defining a portion of a page.
; RISC
: Reduced Instruction Set Computing.  Refers to a concept in processor design where the CPU has less-complex individual instructions, but more of them.
; XML
: eXtensible Markup Language.  A flexible data structure for storing data.
== Terms Specific to Content Manager OnDemand ==
== Terms Specific to Content Manager OnDemand ==


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;arsadmin
;arsadmin
: A tool used primarily for unloading data inserted into the OnDemand server by arsload.  Other features allow you to compress/decompress data, or save/retrieve individual storage objects.
: A tool used primarily for unloading data inserted into the OnDemand server by arsload.  Other features allow you to compress/decompress data, or save/retrieve individual storage objects.
:arsjesd
: A daemon that listens for mainframe output via a TCP/IP socket.  This is a fast, efficient way to transfer mainframe reports or print streams directly into files on the CMOD server, to be loaded at a later date by arsload.


;arsload
;arsload

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