CICS


 * CICS**


 * CICS** (**Customer Information Control System**) is a transaction processing system designed for both online and batch activity. A transaction is basically a set of operations performing a task. Usually, the majority of transactions are relatively simple tasks such as updating the balance of an account. On [|IBM System z] servers, CICS easily supports thousands of transactions per second, making it a mainstay of enterprise computing. CICS applications can be written in numerous [|programming languages], including [|COBOL], [|PL/I], [|C], [|C++], IBM [|Basic Assembly Language], [|REXX], and [|Java].