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  "slug": "escon",
  "term": "ESCON",
  "aliases": [],
  "definition": "Earlier IBM optical channel link superseded by FICON for mainframe DASD.",
  "note": "",
  "status": "eol",
  "advantages": [],
  "limitations": [],
  "related": [
    "fibre-channel"
  ],
  "supersedes": [],
  "supersededBy": [],
  "firstSeen": null,
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  "citations": [
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      "id": "c1",
      "title": "ESCON",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESCON",
      "accessed": "2026-03-26"
    }
  ]
}