what is as400 - Application System / 400 : Introduced in 1988

The AS/400 is a mid-range application system from IBM which has a unique position
in the market due to its strong features of security, availability and ease of
operation

It is an object oriented machine. All resources are maintained in the system as

objects.
as400 objects

Commands
Library - Object
JOB - Interactive / Batch
Job Description
User profile
Messages
Menus

VERB / NOUN
WRKXXX - WORK WITH ( MBRPDM , OBJ)
RMVXXX - Remove ( PFM,PFTRG)
DLTXXX - Delete (SPLF,OBJ)
ADDXXX - Add (PFMBR)
CRTXXX - Create (RPGPGM,CBLPGM)
CPYXXX - Copy (SPLF,F)
RNMXX - Rename (OBJ)

Library - *LIB
Files - *FILE
Programs - *PGM
Commands - *CMD
User Profiles - *USRPRF
Menus - *MENU
Data Area - *DTAARA
DataQ - *DTAQ