The application programmer’s job
Platforms
Program functions
Describing data
Program design
Pseudo-descriptions, Pseudo-code, Pseudo-testing
Converting from design to production: keying code and JCL, compiling and linking, testing, cutting over
IBM mainframe hardware layout
Binary number systems
Hexadecimal number systems
Data formats (character, packed decimal, binary)
Memory addressing
Tape layout
DASD organization
Virtual storage concepts
z/OS architecture