Job Control Language

E200570

IBM mainframe technology job control language scripting language

Job Control Language (JCL) is a scripting language used on IBM mainframe systems to define and control batch jobs and their execution.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
JCL	4
Job Control Language canonical	3
CL (Control Language)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1793360 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Job Control Language
Context triple: [OS/360, hasComponent, Job Control Language]

A. BCPL
BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language) is an early, typeless systems programming language developed in the 1960s that significantly influenced the design of the C programming language.
B. Algol W
Algol W is a block-structured, high-level programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth as a successor to ALGOL 60, incorporating features that influenced the later development of Pascal and other languages.
C. Computer Command System
The Computer Command System is one of Voyager 2’s primary onboard computers, responsible for interpreting and executing commands sent from Earth to control the spacecraft’s operations.
D. Algol 68 Genie
Algol 68 Genie is a modern, open-source implementation of the Algol 68 programming language designed for contemporary systems and practical use.
E. Algol 68C
Algol 68C is a compiler implementation of the Algol 68 programming language, designed to translate its advanced structured constructs into executable machine code.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Job Control Language
Target entity description: Job Control Language (JCL) is a scripting language used on IBM mainframe systems to define and control batch jobs and their execution.

A. BCPL
BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language) is an early, typeless systems programming language developed in the 1960s that significantly influenced the design of the C programming language.
B. Algol W
Algol W is a block-structured, high-level programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth as a successor to ALGOL 60, incorporating features that influenced the later development of Pascal and other languages.
C. Computer Command System
The Computer Command System is one of Voyager 2’s primary onboard computers, responsible for interpreting and executing commands sent from Earth to control the spacecraft’s operations.
D. Algol 68 Genie
Algol 68 Genie is a modern, open-source implementation of the Algol 68 programming language designed for contemporary systems and practical use.
E. Algol 68C
Algol 68C is a compiler implementation of the Algol 68 programming language, designed to translate its advanced structured constructs into executable machine code.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	IBM mainframe technology ⓘ job control language ⓘ scripting language ⓘ
abbreviation	JCL ⓘ linked to: Job Control Language
backwardCompatibleWith	MVS JCL ⓘ linked to: MVS
controls	execution of COBOL programs ⓘ execution of PL/I programs ⓘ execution of assembler programs ⓘ utility programs ⓘ
designedFor	batch processing ⓘ production workloads ⓘ
developedBy	IBM ⓘ
documentation	IBM z/OS MVS JCL Reference ⓘ IBM z/OS MVS JCL User’s Guide ⓘ linked to: IBM z/OS MVS JCL Reference
fileExtension	.jcl ⓘ
hasComponent	DD statement ⓘ EXEC statement ⓘ IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF construct ⓘ JCLLIB statement ⓘ JOB statement ⓘ PROC statement ⓘ SET statement ⓘ
hasSyntaxStyle	card-oriented syntax ⓘ keyword-parameter syntax ⓘ
introducedInContext	IBM OS/360 family ⓘ linked to: OS/360
primaryPurpose	control batch job execution ⓘ define batch jobs ⓘ schedule and sequence job steps ⓘ specify system resources for jobs ⓘ
relatedTo	IBM utilities ⓘ TSO/E ⓘ z/OS UNIX System Services ⓘ linked to: z/OS
supportsConcept	cataloged procedures ⓘ in-stream data ⓘ job classes ⓘ message classes ⓘ procedures (PROCs) ⓘ region size specification ⓘ symbolic parameters ⓘ
supportsFeature	conditional execution ⓘ dataset allocation ⓘ error handling ⓘ job definition ⓘ output routing ⓘ procedure invocation ⓘ restart control ⓘ step control ⓘ
typicalEnvironment	enterprise data center ⓘ financial institutions ⓘ government mainframe systems ⓘ
usedByRole	application programmers ⓘ batch schedulers ⓘ operations staff ⓘ system programmers ⓘ
usedOnPlatform	IBM MVS ⓘ linked to: OS/390 IBM OS/390 ⓘ linked to: OS/390 IBM VSE ⓘ IBM mainframe ⓘ IBM z/OS ⓘ linked to: z/OS

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OS/360 → hasComponent → Job Control Language ⓘ

TOS/360 → hasFeature → Job Control Language ⓘ

IBM i → supportsLanguage → CL (Control Language) ⓘ