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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

In CICS BMS, the physical map is a compiled load module residing in the load library that controls screen formatting, while the symbolic map is a source-code data structure (like a COBOL copybook) used by the application program to access screen fields.

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