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".
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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'
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