IBM Cross System Product (CSP)
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's Cross System Product (CSP) was a 4GL
intended to create online systems on IBM's mainframe platforms. CSP consisted of a set of source code
generators that allowed developers to interactively define, test, generate, and execute application programs
. CSP consisted of two product as below;
CSP version 3 was released in 1986, and it extended functions as below;
IBM's support of all CSP product was ended in 2001.
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
's Cross System Product (CSP) was a 4GL
Fourth-generation programming language
A fourth-generation programming language is a programming language or programming environment designed with a specific purpose in mind, such as the development of commercial business software. In the history of computer science, the 4GL followed the 3GL in an upward trend toward higher...
intended to create online systems on IBM's mainframe platforms. CSP consisted of a set of source code
Source code
In computer science, source code is text written using the format and syntax of the programming language that it is being written in. Such a language is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers, who specify the actions to be performed by a computer mostly by writing source...
generators that allowed developers to interactively define, test, generate, and execute application programs
Computer program
A computer program is a sequence of instructions written to perform a specified task with a computer. A computer requires programs to function, typically executing the program's instructions in a central processor. The program has an executable form that the computer can use directly to execute...
. CSP consisted of two product as below;
- Cross System Product/Application Development (CSP/AD) - development environment.
- Cross System Product/Application Execution (CSP/AE) - runtime environment.
CSP version 3 was released in 1986, and it extended functions as below;
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support in CICSCICSCustomer Information Control System is a transaction server that runs primarily on IBM mainframe systems under z/OS and z/VSE.CICS is a transaction manager designed for rapid, high-volume online processing. This processing is mostly interactive , but background transactions are possible...
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environment - SQL/DSSQL/DSSQL/DS was IBM's first commercial implementation for its mainframe computers of a DBMS built around the SQL language....
support in VSEVSEz/VSE is an operating system for IBM mainframe computers, the latest one in the DOS/360 lineage, which originated in 1965. It is less common than prominent z/OS and is mostly used on smaller machines. Primary z/VSE development occurs in IBM's Böblingen labs in Germany.-Overview:DOS/360 originally...
and VM/SP environment - MVS/XA (31bit addressing) support
IBM's support of all CSP product was ended in 2001.