Job Entry System

job entry system

[′jäb ¦en·trē ‚sis·təm]

(computer science)

A part of the operating system of a large computer system that accepts and schedules jobs for execution and controls the printing of output.

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Job Entry System

(operating system)

(JES) An IBM mainframe term. There are really two JESs. JES2 is smaller and simpler, and can handle 99.99% of most jobs that run on IBM's MVS operating system. JES3 is much bigger and requires really big iron to run.

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