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GH20-1028-4 Customer Information Control System (CICS) Program Product General Information Manual Program Numbers: DOS-ENTRY 5736-XX6 DOS-STANDARD 5736-XX7 OS-STANDARD V2 5734-XX7 The IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS) is a transaction-oriented, multiapplication data base/data communication interface between a System/360 or System/370 operating system and user-written application programs. Applicable to most online systems, eICS provides many of the facilities necessary for standard terminal applications: message switching, inquiry, data collection, order entry, and conversational data entry. CICS is available in three systems - two for DOS users and one for OS users. Because the two CICS/DOS systems are compatible with each other and with the CICS/OS system, it is possible to start with a small DOS data basel data communication configuration and move up through DOS into OS. This manual is designed for persons interested in a general description of CICS and its data base/data communication capabilities. This publication is a general description of three IBM program products: CICS/DOS-ENTRY, CICS/DOS-STANDARD, and CICS/OS-STANDARD V2. It provides customer executives, system administrators, system analysts, system programmers, application programmers, and terminal operators with a fundamental understanding of CICS. For a more detailed description of CICS, see the following IBM publications: Application Programmer's Reference Manual (SH20-1047) System Programmer's Reference Manual (SH20-1043) Terminal Operator's Guide (SH20-1044) Operations Guide (CICS/DOS) (SH20-1034) Operations Guide (CICS/OS) (SH20-10 48) Logic Manual (CICS/DOS-ENTRY) (LY20-0712) Logic Manual (CICS/DOS-STANDARD) (LY20-0713) Logic Manual (CICS/OS-STANDARD V2) (LY20-0714) The words "transaction" and "task" have the same connotation in CICS and are used interchangeably throughout this publication; the processing of a transaction may involve the execution of one or more "programs". All references to CICS/OS and CICS/OS-STANDARD in this publication are references to the CICS/OS-STANDARD V2 system. Fifth Edition (September 1973) This edition is a major revision obsoleting GH20-1028-3, incorporating changes released in the following Technical Newsletters: GN2D-2984 (dated January 5, 1973) GN20-9013 (dated April 11, 1973). This edition applies to Version 1, Modification Levell, of the CICSjDOS-ENTRY (5736-XX6) and CICSjDOS-STANDA