That is where it was invented
Gregg Ferris | Systems Engineer IV (Contractor) Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance Office: (502) 495-5000 x35273 |Cell: (502) 797-5595 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Rick Troth Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2025 9:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: In IBM-land, AFP means... And HASP means "Houston Automatic Spooling *Priority*". go figure! On 6/18/25 2:56 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: > 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4.0?topic=streams-advanced-function-presentation-data-stream__;!!GngZujM!NldQoJ6180m6XX1Vq7Yc3PNqmEsSz-7wWY6PV69iLm95d8X7gkfe7WbWhlJbc9R8GANKWPgqeI0XWi8QdTz9RXA5cVTYNM7VEi03$ > [ibm[.]com] 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! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- -- R; <>< ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
