Multiple choice technology mainframe

What is the difference between physical map and symbolic map?

  1. The physical map is the load module and the symbolic map is the data structure

  2. The physical map is the data structure and the symbolic map is the load module

  3. Physical map is mapped with addresses and the symbolic map is the logical one.

  4. There is no difference

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Explanation

The physical map is a compiled load module used by CICS to format the screen, while the symbolic map is a source code data structure (copybook) used by the application program to read and write screen data.