Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Hi,

This is a stupid doubt - but I thought I'll ask away - is it SOC or S0C? It should be S0C -- but I've seen people pronouncing it as "S O C" -- any specific reason or it's just a local jargon started by people who "invented" it?

I'm sorry if this sounds too silly to ask, though was curious,

The code is S - zero - C but it is generally pronounced as "sock" as in "sock-7" for S0C7. The S indicates that the abend code is a System (as opposed to User) code, and the 0C refers to a class of program-related problems (S0C1 for assembler instruction error, S0C4 for addressing error, S0C7 for data exception and so on).

Similarly, CICS is often pronounced "kicks" and most people know what is being referred to.

Yeah it "O" (alphabet) and so called as "S O C"!

To my knowledge I have seen many native "english" speakers say '0' as 'O'

Long ago the 0c7 and the 0c1 were among the more common abends programmers had to deal with.

For Applications that interfaced with TCAM (before VTAM) an 0c4 surfaced.

Whenever a new person on that project had this problem, they would come into the support area and ask "What's a SOCK4?".
After a few smiles around, someone would answer "To keep your foot warm" . . .

Ahhhh, MFT/MVT, TCAM, ISAM mercy . . .

Yes, it is SOC as in SOCK - possibly, a better way of saying "the thing" in single go instead of spelling it out as one letter by one...