Linux on IBM Z, the Glossary
Linux on IBM Z or Linux on zSystems is the collective term for the Linux operating system compiled to run on IBM mainframes, especially IBM Z / IBM zSystems and IBM LinuxONE servers.[1]
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88 relations: Alpine Linux, Apache HTTP Server, ASCII, Canonical (company), CentOS, CICS, Comparison of Linux distributions, Concurrent Versions System, Cross compiler, Data center, Data center management, Debian, Docker (software), EBCDIC, Emulator, Endianness, Fedora Linux, Free software, Full virtualization, Gentoo Linux, GitHub, GNU Compiler Collection, GNU General Public License, Hardware virtualization, Hercules (emulator), HiperSocket, Home Depot, Hot swapping, Hypervisor, IBM, IBM Chiphopper, IBM Consulting, IBM Db2, IBM Information Management System, IBM mainframe, IBM Secure Service Container, IBM System/390, IBM WebSphere, IBM Z, Integrated Facility for Linux, Internet protocol suite, Java (programming language), Kernel (operating system), Kernel-based Virtual Machine, Linux, LLVM, Mainframe computer, Mean time between failures, Microcode, MySQL, ... Expand index (38 more) »
- Platform-specific Linux distributions
- VM (operating system)
Alpine Linux
Alpine Linux is a Linux distribution designed to be small, simple, and secure. Linux on IBM Z and Alpine Linux are Linux distributions.
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Apache HTTP Server
The Apache HTTP Server is a free and open-source cross-platform web server software, released under the terms of Apache License 2.0.
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ASCII
ASCII, an acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for electronic communication.
Canonical (company)
Canonical Ltd. is a privately held computer software company based in London, England.
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CentOS
CentOS (from Community Enterprise Operating System; also known as CentOS Linux) is a discontinued Linux distribution that provided a free and open-source community-supported computing platform, functionally compatible with its upstream source, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Linux on IBM Z and CentOS are Linux distributions.
CICS
IBM CICS (Customer Information Control System) is a family of mixed-language application servers that provide online transaction management and connectivity for applications on IBM mainframe systems under z/OS and z/VSE. Linux on IBM Z and CICS are IBM mainframe operating systems.
Comparison of Linux distributions
Technical variations of Linux distributions include support for different hardware devices and systems or software package configurations. Linux on IBM Z and Comparison of Linux distributions are Linux distributions.
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Concurrent Versions System
Concurrent Versions System (CVS, or Concurrent Versioning System) is a version control system originally developed by Dick Grune in July 1986.
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Cross compiler
A cross compiler is a compiler capable of creating executable code for a platform other than the one on which the compiler is running.
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Data center
A data center (American English) or data centre (Commonwealth English)See spelling differences.
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Data center management
Data center management is the collection of tasks performed by those responsible for managing ongoing operation of a data center.
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Debian
Debian, also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a Linux distribution composed of free and open-source software and optionally non-free firmware or software developed by the community-supported Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993. Linux on IBM Z and Debian are Linux distributions.
Docker (software)
Docker is a set of platform as a service (PaaS) products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers.
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EBCDIC
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC) is an eight-bit character encoding used mainly on IBM mainframe and IBM midrange computer operating systems. Linux on IBM Z and EBCDIC are IBM mainframe operating systems.
Emulator
In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the guest).
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Endianness
''Gulliver's Travels'' by Jonathan Swift, the novel from which the term was coined In computing, endianness is the order in which bytes within a word of digital data are transmitted over a data communication medium or addressed (by rising addresses) in computer memory, counting only byte significance compared to earliness.
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Fedora Linux
Fedora Linux is a Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. Linux on IBM Z and Fedora Linux are Linux distributions.
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Free software
Free software, libre software, libreware or rarely known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions.
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Full virtualization
In computer science, full virtualization (fv) is a modern virtualization technique developed in late 1990s.
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Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux (pronounced) is a Linux distribution built using the Portage package management system.
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GitHub
GitHub is a developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage and share their code.
GNU Compiler Collection
The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is a collection of compilers from the GNU Project that support various programming languages, hardware architectures and operating systems.
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GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a series of widely used free software licenses, or copyleft, that guarantee end users the four freedoms to run, study, share, and modify the software.
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Hardware virtualization
Hardware virtualization is the virtualization of computers as complete hardware platforms, certain logical abstractions of their componentry, or only the functionality required to run various operating systems.
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Hercules (emulator)
Hercules is a computer emulator allowing software written for IBM mainframe computers (System/370, System/390, and zSeries/System z) and for plug compatible mainframes (such as Amdahl machines) to run on other types of computer hardware, notably on low-cost personal computers.
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HiperSocket
HiperSockets is an IBM technology for high-speed communications between partitions on a server with a hypervisor.
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Home Depot
The Home Depot, Inc. is an American multinational home improvement retail corporation that sells tools, construction products, appliances, and services, including fuel and transportation rentals.
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Hot swapping
Hot swapping is the replacement or addition of components to a computer system without stopping, shutting down, or rebooting the system; hot plugging describes the addition of components only.
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Hypervisor
A hypervisor, also known as a virtual machine monitor (VMM) or virtualizer, is a type of computer software, firmware or hardware that creates and runs virtual machines.
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IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.
IBM Chiphopper
Chiphopper is a component of the IBM eServer products specifically tailored to the Linux operating system.
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IBM Consulting
IBM Consulting, rebranded in 2021 from IBM Global Business Services, is the professional services and consulting arm of IBM.
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IBM Db2
Db2 is a family of data management products, including database servers, developed by IBM.
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IBM Information Management System
The IBM Information Management System (IMS) is a joint hierarchical database and information management system that supports transaction processing.
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IBM mainframe
IBM mainframes are large computer systems produced by IBM since 1952.
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IBM Secure Service Container
IBM Secure Service Container is the trusted execution environment available for IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE servers.
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IBM System/390
The IBM System/390 is a discontinued mainframe product family implementing ESA/390, the fifth generation of the System/360 instruction set architecture.
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IBM WebSphere
IBM WebSphere refers to a brand of proprietary computer software products in the genre of enterprise software known as "application and integration middleware".
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IBM Z
IBM Z is a family name used by IBM for all of its z/Architecture mainframe computers.
Integrated Facility for Linux
The Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) is an IBM mainframe and Power Systems processor dedicated to running the Linux operating system.
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Internet protocol suite
The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is a framework for organizing the set of communication protocols used in the Internet and similar computer networks according to functional criteria.
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Java (programming language)
Java is a high-level, class-based, object-oriented programming language that is designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.
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Kernel (operating system)
The kernel is a computer program at the core of a computer's operating system and generally has complete control over everything in the system.
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Kernel-based Virtual Machine
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a free and open-source virtualization module in the Linux kernel that allows the kernel to function as a hypervisor.
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Linux
Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.
LLVM
LLVM is a set of compiler and toolchain technologies that can be used to develop a frontend for any programming language and a backend for any instruction set architecture.
Mainframe computer
A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron, is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications like bulk data processing for tasks such as censuses, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and large-scale transaction processing.
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Mean time between failures
Mean time between failures (MTBF) is the predicted elapsed time between inherent failures of a mechanical or electronic system during normal system operation.
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Microcode
In processor design, microcode serves as an intermediary layer situated between the central processing unit (CPU) hardware and the programmer-visible instruction set architecture of a computer, also known as its machine code.
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MySQL
MySQL is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS).
Network interface controller
A network interface controller (NIC, also known as a network interface card, network adapter, LAN adapter and physical network interface) is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network.
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Nomura Securities
is a Japanese financial services company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NHI), which forms part of the Nomura Group.
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Open-source software
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose.
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OpenSolaris for System z
OpenSolaris for System z is a discontinuedGavin Clarke, 29 March 2010,, The Register port of the OpenSolaris operating system to the IBM System z line of mainframe computers. Linux on IBM Z and OpenSolaris for System z are IBM mainframe operating systems and vM (operating system).
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Oracle Database
Oracle Database (commonly referred to as Oracle DBMS, Oracle Autonomous Database, or simply as Oracle) is a proprietary multi-model database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation.
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Paravirtualization
In computing, paravirtualization or para-virtualization is a virtualization technique that presents a software interface to the virtual machines which is similar, yet not identical, to the underlying hardware–software interface.
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Perl
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language.
PHP
PHP is a general-purpose scripting language geared towards web development.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL, also known as Postgres, is a free and open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) emphasizing extensibility and SQL compliance.
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PowerLinux
PowerLinux is the combination of a Linux-based operating system (OS) running on PowerPC- or Power ISA-based computers from IBM. Linux on IBM Z and PowerLinux are Linux distributions.
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Python (programming language)
Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language.
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RDMA over Converged Ethernet
RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) is a network protocol which allows remote direct memory access (RDMA) over an Ethernet network.
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Red Hat
Red Hat, Inc. (formerly Red Hat Software, Inc.) is an American software company that provides open source software products to enterprises and is a subsidiary of IBM.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a commercial open-source Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the commercial market. Linux on IBM Z and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are Linux distributions.
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Rust (programming language)
Rust is a general-purpose programming language emphasizing performance, type safety, and concurrency.
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Samba (software)
Samba is a free software re-implementation of the SMB networking protocol, and was originally developed by Andrew Tridgell.
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SAP ERP
SAP ERP is an enterprise resource planning software developed by the German company SAP SE.
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SAP R/3
SAP R/3 is the former name of the enterprise resource planning software produced by the German corporation SAP AG (now SAP SE).
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Slackware
Slackware is a Linux distribution created by Patrick Volkerding in 1993. Linux on IBM Z and Slackware are Linux distributions.
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Source code
In computing, source code, or simply code or source, is a plain text computer program written in a programming language.
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SUSE Linux Enterprise
SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) is a Linux-based operating system developed by SUSE. Linux on IBM Z and SUSE Linux Enterprise are Linux distributions.
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The Register
The Register is a British technology news website co-founded in 1994 by Mike Magee and John Lettice.
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Think Blue Linux
Think Blue Linux (sometimes ThinkBlue Linux) was a port of Linux to IBM S/390 (later, zSeries) mainframe computers, done by the Millenux subsidiary of German company Thinking Objects Software GmbH. Linux on IBM Z and Think Blue Linux are Linux distributions.
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Transaction Processing Facility
Transaction Processing Facility (TPF) is an IBM real-time operating system for mainframe computers descended from the IBM System/360 family, including zSeries and System z9. Linux on IBM Z and Transaction Processing Facility are IBM mainframe operating systems.
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Ubuntu
Ubuntu is a Linux distribution derived from Debian and composed mostly of free and open-source software. Linux on IBM Z and Ubuntu are Linux distributions.
Unicode
Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard, is a text encoding standard maintained by the Unicode Consortium designed to support the use of text in all of the world's writing systems that can be digitized.
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University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh (also known as Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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UNIX System Services
z/OS UNIX System Services (z/OS UNIX, or informally USS) is a base element of z/OS. Linux on IBM Z and UNIX System Services are IBM mainframe operating systems.
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VSE (operating system)
VSEn (Virtual Storage Extended) is an operating system for IBM mainframe computers, the latest one in the DOS/360 lineage, which originated in 1965. Linux on IBM Z and VSE (operating system) are IBM mainframe operating systems.
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WildFly
WildFly, formerly known as JBoss AS, or simply JBoss, is an application server written by JBoss, now developed by Red Hat.
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Z Application Assist Processor
The IBM System z Application Assist Processor (zAAP), previously known as the zSeries Application Assist Processor, is a mainframe processor introduced by IBM in 2004.
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Z/Architecture
z/Architecture, initially and briefly called ESA Modal Extensions (ESAME), is IBM's 64-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architecture, implemented by its mainframe computers.
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Z/OS
z/OS is a 64-bit operating system for IBM z/Architecture mainframes, introduced by IBM in October 2000. Linux on IBM Z and Z/OS are IBM mainframe operating systems.
Z/VM
z/VM is the current version in IBM's VM family of virtual machine operating systems. Linux on IBM Z and Z/VM are IBM mainframe operating systems.
ZIIP
In IBM System z9 and successor mainframes, the System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) is a special purpose processor.
31-bit computing
In computer architecture, 31-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 31 bits wide.
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32-bit computing
In computer architecture, 32-bit computing refers to computer systems with a processor, memory, and other major system components that operate on data in 32-bit units.
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64-bit computing
In computer architecture, 64-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 64 bits wide.
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See also
Platform-specific Linux distributions
- Asahi Linux
- Free60
- IPodLinux
- Jlime
- Linux for PlayStation 2
- Linux on IBM Z
- Xbox Linux
- Yellow Dog Linux
VM (operating system)
- CMS EXEC
- CMS Pipelines
- CMS file system
- CP-67
- CP/CMS
- Cambridge Scientific Center
- Conversational Monitor System
- EXEC 2
- Edson Hendricks
- Gerrit Blaauw
- Group Control System
- History of CP/CMS
- IBM CP-40
- IBM M44/44X
- IBM OfficeVision
- IBM SQL/DS
- IBM System/360 Model 67
- IBM VNET
- IUCV
- LEXX (text editor)
- Linux on IBM Z
- NETDATA
- OpenSolaris for System z
- RSCS
- Robert Creasy
- STET (text editor)
- VM (operating system)
- Virtual Machine Communication Facility
- Virtue (software)
- XEDIT
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_on_IBM_Z
Also known as IBM LinuxONE, Linux for mainframe, Linux for mainframes, Linux for zSeries, Linux on System z, Linux on System z9, Linux on Z Systems, Linux on mainframe, Linux on mainframes, Linux on z, Linux on zSeries, Linux/390, LinuxONE, Mainframe Linux, S390x, Z/Linux, ZLinux.
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