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'''Program temporary fix''' or '''Product temporary fix''' ('''PTF'''), depending on date, is the standard [[IBM]] terminology for a single [[Patch (computing)|bug fix]], or group of fixes, distributed in a form ready to install for customers. Customers sometime explain the acronym in a tongue-in-cheek manner as ''permanent temporary fix'' or more practically ''probably this fixes'', because they have the option to make the PTF a permanent part of the operating system if the patch fixes the problem.