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