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'''AirlinesIBM Airline Control Program''', or '''ACP''', was the [[operating system]] developed by [[IBM]] frombeginning about [[1965]] onwards for processing [[airline]] reservations and related data. In contrast to previous airline transaction processing systems, the most notable aspect of ACP is that it was designed to run on most models of the [[IBM]] [[System/360]] mainframe computer family. This departed from the earlier model in which each airline would have a different, machine-specific transaction system.

Development began with ''SABRE (Semi-Automatic Business Environment Research)'', ''Deltamatic'', and ''PANAMAC''. From these ''PARS (Programmed Airline Reservation System)'' was developed. In 1968 the control program, ''ACP'' was separated from PARS; PARS keeping the functions for processing [[airline]] reservations and related data

In February [[1979]], ACP became known as ACP/TPF and then just [[Transaction Processing Facility|TPF]] (Transaction Processing Facility) as the transaction operating system became more widely implemented by businesses other than the major airlines.

Current IBM articles<ref>[http://www-306.ibm.com/software/htp/tpf/pages/products.htm IBM TPF Family of Products]</ref> reference the ''IBM Airline Control System (ALCS)'' and, for some cases, distinguish between ALCS and TPF.

==References==

*{{cite journal

| last = Siwiec

| first = J.E.

| title = A high-performance DB/DC system

| journal = IBM J. Research & Development

| volume = 1977

| issue = 2

| url = http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/162/ibmsj1602H.pdf

}}

==External links==

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*[http://www.blackbeard.com/tpf/tpfhist.htm The Alternative TPF Homepage]

==Notes==

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