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• BPAM — Basic Partitioned Access Method (Computing » General) …   Abbreviations dictionary

• BPAM — abbr. comp. Basic Partitioned Access Method …   Dictionary of English abbreviation

• BPAM —    Basic Partitioned Access Method (IBM) …   IT glossary of terms, acronyms and abbreviations

• BPAM — comp. abbr. Basic Partitioned Access Method …   United dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms

• Basic partitioned access method — In IBM mainframe operating systems, a basic partitioned access method (BPAM) is an access method for libraries with a specific structure, called partitioned datasets (PDS). BPAM is used in OS/360, OS/VS2, MVS, z/OS, and others. A PDS consists of… …   Wikipedia

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• Direct access storage device — In mainframe computers and some minicomputers, a direct access storage device, or DASD (  /ˈdæ …   Wikipedia

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• Data set (IBM mainframe) — This article is about mainframe computer file. For a general meaning in computing field, see Data set. data set (archaic), dataset (preferred), is a computer file having a record organization. The term pertains to the IBM mainframe operating… …   Wikipedia

• Access method — An access method is a function of a mainframe operating system that enables access to data on disk, tape or other external devices. They were introduced in 1963 in IBM OS/360 operating system. [http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/rd/255/ausl… …   Wikipedia

• History of IBM mainframe operating systems — The history of operating systems running on IBM mainframes is a notable chapter of history of mainframe operating systems, because of IBM s long standing position as the world s largest hardware supplier of mainframe computers.Arguably the… …   Wikipedia