I looked at the V1.13 glossary and found program temporary fix (PTF) For System i, System p, and System z products, a package containing individual or multiple fixes that is made available to all licensed customers. A PTF resolves defects and might provide enhancements. See also fix pack, maintenance change level.
I also found program update tape (PUT) A code release to Transaction Processing Facility customers containing maintenance (program fixes) and new function. See also Transaction Processing Facility. And product support plan bucket (PSP bucket) Storage for the instructions and the program temporary fixed (PTFs) required to migrate to a new software release. So the P appears to be used as program and product where, in my feeble mind, I've substituted one or the other at one time or another. http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/terminology/p.html Chip Grantham | Ameritas | Sr. IT Consultant | [email protected] 5900 O Street, Lincoln NE 68510 | p: 402-467-7382 | c: 402-429-3579 | f: 402-325-4030 From: Bill Fairchild <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 08/17/2012 05:06 PM Subject: Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat! Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Where do we look, besides in our collective memory, to find the definitive answer? I Googled for "IBM PTF" and "programming temporary fix" and got 4.13 Megahits, whereas "IBM PTF" and "product temporary fix" yielded only 1.54 kilohits. Did IBM ever define this elusive term in a glossary? I would look in my SMP reference book, but I haven't had one at my fingertips for over 30 years. My recollection is "programming", and that was even before I discovered the almost 3,000 to one ratio favoring my memory. Bill Fairchild Programmer Rocket Software 408 Chamberlain Park Lane * Franklin, TN 37069-2526 * USA t: +1.617.614.4503 * e: [email protected] * w: www.rocketsoftware.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 12:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat! In <[email protected]>, on 08/16/2012 at 10:13 PM, "R.S." <[email protected]> said: >BTW: PTF name is misleading. It stands for Program *Temporary* Fix, Product. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT Atid/2 <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******* This message may contain confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is legally privileged. If you are not the addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you are hereby notified that reading, disseminating, distributing or copying this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message by mistake, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and delete the original message immediately thereafter. Thank you. ******* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
