Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is irritating to eyes, skin and respiratory system. Volcanic Smog (vog) is produced from SO2 gas and is a hazard in Hawaii. Scientists monitor SO2 emission rates at KÄ«lauea volcano. Gas Plume during the 1984 eruption of Mauna Loa, Hawaii blocks out the sun.
Control Unit (CU) A control unit (CU) handles all processor control signals. It directs all input and output flow, fetches code for instructions from microprograms and directs other units and models by providing control and timing signals.
Control Intervals (CI) in VSAM are equivalent to blocks for non-VSAM data sets. In non-VSAM methods, the unit of data is defined by the block. VSAM works with logical data area which is known as Control Intervals. Control Intervals are the smallest unit of transfer between a disk and the operating system. Whenever a record is retrieved directly from the storage, the entire CI containing the record is read into VSAM Input-Output buffer.