What is the purpose and meaning of the REGION keyword and
what JCL statement is it associated with?

Answer Posted / guest

REGION specifies the maximum CPU memory allocated for a
particular job or job step. If REGION is in the JOB card, it
relates to the entire job; if in the EXEC statement, it
relates to the job step.

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