Most of those are familiar to me, but I've always said "eye dee cams" and "zee oh ess". "SQL" I hear both ways, and pronounce it according to my mood at the time.
Never heard of "IFOX00". --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* Public opinion: What everyone thinks everyone else thinks -Joseph Sobran */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Rupert Reynolds Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:59 South of England: CICS 'kicks' IMS 'eye em ess' VSAM 'vee sam' IDCAMS 'id cams' (id rhymes with lid) zOS 'zed oss' ('zee arse' makes me snigger internally :-) ) JES3 'jez three' SQL 'sequel' IFOX00 'eye fox zero zero' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
