Knowledge Base

Dictionary: Our Dictionary of the Mainframe World provides an exhaustive reference of some 6,000 words, phrases, and abbreviations.

Industry Publications: Links to other helpful sources of information for the mainframe community.

Response Time Illustrated: An interactive tool for describing the various components of network and mainframe application response.

TCP Connection Life Cycle: An illustration of the client-server communication process, the "states" of a TCP or HTTP connection between client and server.

About ___: Helpful details on the topics named.

This Knowledge Base focuses on information of interest to the mainframe community, but not necessarily about SDS products. For details about, and opportunities to use, SDS software products, see the Resources page.