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> Does anyone know where I can find explanations of mainframe terms
> (like a glossary of some sort) ? I'm reading manuals for
> mainframe products and half the time don't know what on earth
> they're talikng about. (It's been a few years since I touched
> anything bigger than a PC.)
The Lan Times Encyclopedia of Networking by Tom Sheldon (McGraw-Hill)
might be helpful. Also worth a look is the Microsoft Press Computer
Dictionary (Second Edition).
Bill Sullivan
bsullivan -at- deltecpower -dot- com
San Diego, California