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IBM CICS (Customer Information Control System) is a family of mixed-language application servers that provide online transaction management and connectivity for applications on IBM mainframe systems under z/OS and z/VSE.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CICS | License | Proprietary | 1.00 | infobox |
| CICS | Operating system | z/OS | 1.00 | infobox |
| CICS | Other names | Customer Information Control System | 1.00 | infobox |
| CICS | Platform | IBM Z | 1.00 | infobox |
| CICS | Release | July 8, 1969; 57 years ago (1969-07-08) | 1.00 | infobox |
| CICS | Stable release | CICS Transaction Server V6.3 / September 5, 2025; 11 months ago (2025-09-05) | 1.00 | infobox |
| CICS | Type | Teleprocessing monitor | 1.00 | infobox |
| CICS | Website | www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/z/cics | 1.00 | infobox |
| files | instance of | particularly with respect to communication with diverse terminal devices.Applications developed for CICS may be written in a variety of programming languages and use CICS-suppli… | 0.80 | text |
| database connections | instance of | particularly with respect to communication with diverse terminal devices.Applications developed for CICS may be written in a variety of programming languages and use CICS-suppli… | 0.80 | text |
| terminals | instance of | particularly with respect to communication with diverse terminal devices.Applications developed for CICS may be written in a variety of programming languages and use CICS-suppli… | 0.80 | text |
| or to invoke functions such as web services | instance of | particularly with respect to communication with diverse terminal devices.Applications developed for CICS may be written in a variety of programming languages and use CICS-suppli… | 0.80 | text |
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