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Explain the difference between getting the system time with eibtime and asktime command?

1088

What is the pic clause for the data type of length option field type of data fields?

943

What is the common work area?

988

Define communication area?

994

Define exec cics retrieve?

1180

Explain the difference between and exec cics xctl and exec cics start command?

1149

What are the common tables in cics and their usage?

1013

Explain the function of the terminal control table?

1012

Name the three ways available for a program to position the cursor on the screen?

1089

What is cics load command?

1070

How can you access esds files from cics?

1108

Explain the difference between physical map and symbolic map?

993

What are the cics commands associated with task control?

998

Tsqs can be written in the main storage or auxiliary storage? State true or false

1 1578

What is a cics task?

1060

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

How many maximum base registers we can have in a program?

1031

Explain the difference between record occurrence and record type in idms?

864

How to call one program from another program in RPG? please help me with the code

1728

what is the responsibility of the construction superintendent

2144

example for sub strings ? and refernce modifications whit output pls

2317

What is the difference between bind and rebind in db2?

1450

Explain the difference between link xctl?

1007

Explain how do you access the records randomly in tsq?

1106

What are the different options in OPTIONS?

1496

What are the full forms of spufi and dclgen and why are they used?

1087

What is the difference between a binary search and a sequential search what are the pertinent cobol?

1138

Mention one alternative aspect of CICS?

1073

What is innodb buffer pool?

1052

What is a lds (linear data set) and what is it used for?

1009

Explain the difference in data type "x" and "p"?

1034

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