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What is TSO?

TSO (Time Sharing Option) is an IBM mainframe interactive computing environment. It allows multiple users to simultaneously access and use mainframe resources. It provides a command-line interface and is commonly used for program development, data management, and system administration tasks on IBM mainframes. It's often associated with ISPF, an interactive panel management system used to create user interfaces.

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What other technologies are related to TSO?

TSO Competitor Technologies

Roscoe

Roscoe was an early interactive system for mainframe computers that provided similar functions to TSO, such as program development and job submission. Hence, it's a competitor.

mentioned alongside TSO in 63% (137) of relevant job posts

TSO Complementary Technologies

ISPF

ISPF is a dialog manager and editor that runs under TSO. It is a primary interface for developers and operators on z/OS.

mentioned alongside TSO in 61% (2.1k) of relevant job posts

JCL

JCL (Job Control Language) is the scripting language used to instruct z/OS on what batch programs to run and how to manage resources. While TSO allows interactive execution, JCL is essential for batch processing, which is often linked with TSO initiated tasks.

mentioned alongside TSO in 15% (4k) of relevant job posts

SDSF

SDSF (Spool Display and Search Facility) is a tool for managing and monitoring the z/OS spool queues. It's closely integrated with TSO for job management.

mentioned alongside TSO in 48% (796) of relevant job posts