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APAR - Authorized Program Analysis Report Created internaly by a systems programmer to solve a code bug. BOS - Base Operating System DCR - design change request Someone asked to change something. LPP - Licensed Program Product ODM - Object Data Manager Don't touch until you grok it. PRPQ - programming request for price quotation Essentialy, a program that is not available off-the-shelf. (e.g. HACMP started as a PRPQ, you could not order HACMP, but you could ask IBM for a highly-available solution) PTF - Program Temporary Fix Temporary ? Yes! Read "The Tao of Computing". SMIT - System Management Interface Tool SMITTY - SMIT, tty interface, no bells, no whistles. "alias smit=smitty" Y2K - Done. Total non-event.
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