IBM Airline Control Program: Difference between revisions

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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.

See also [[ALCS transaction monitor|''IBM Airline Control System (ALCS)'']], a variant of TPF specially designed to provide all the benefits of TPF (very high speed, high volume, high availability transaction processing) but with the advantages such as easier integration into the data center offered by running on a standard IBM operating system platform

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==

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==External links==

*[http://www-306.ibm.com/software/htp/tpf/ Official IBM TPF website]

*[http://www.tpfminds.org TPF Minds] (TPF Professionals Forum)

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[[Category:Aviation history]]

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