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SuperZap

SuperZap is an IBM utility program used to install zaps or fixes to MVS operating systems or application program code that is causing a problem. Its file name is IMASPZAP (I M A SuPerZAP).

Related glossary terms: configuration management database (CMDB), event forwarding, ARM server, unified computing system (UCS), compaction, Calibrated Vectored Cooling (CVC), RAIN (redundant/reliable array of inexpensive/independent nodes), enclave, single point of failure (SPOF), back-end

This was last updated in November 2005

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