Current IBM File Manager help says of the option to AFP Print Browse function:

"Provides a formatted display of an Advanced Function Printing (LIST3820) 
document."


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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
Phil Smith III
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:56 PM
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Subject: In IBM-land, AFP means...

Advanced Function *Presentation* or Advanced Function *Printing*?

I'd always heard "Printing" (though the acronym was often expanded as "Another 
****ing Printer") but Wikipedia and a raft of IBM web pages seem to think it's 
"Presentation". To muddy the waters further, documents like
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4.0?topic=streams-advanced-function-presentation-data-stream
use the "Presentation" word but then mention "IBM Advanced Function Printing 
Utilities".

Is the "Presentation" word a backroname? Or was it always that?

Yes, this matters not a whit in the scheme of things!

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