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From: jay@splut.UUCP (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: UNIX NAME ABBREVIATIONS
Message-ID: <263@splut.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Nov-87 12:28:17 EST
Article-I.D.: splut.263
Posted: Fri Nov 27 12:28:17 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 23:57:09 EST
References: <10376@brl-adm.ARPA> <16550@topaz.rutgers.edu> <388@cogen.UUCP> <1200@lznv.ATT.COM>
Organization: Confederate Microsystems, League City, TX
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Summary: HASP!=Houston version of ASP...

In article <1200@lznv.ATT.COM>, jlw@lznv.ATT.COM (j.l.wood) writes:
> In article <1886@celtics.UUCP>, roger@celtics.UUCP (Roger B.A. Klorese) writes:
> > By the way, HASP = Houston Automated Spooling Program... a nested acronym.
> I always thought it meant Houston Attached Support Processor as in the
> NASA Houston version of ASP.

Nope...Roger had it right. It was originally written by IBM/FSD (Federal
Systems Division) for NASA, as part of their computer support work here. I
don't know how it leaked out, but it became so popular that IBM finally
decided to support it officially as a part of MVS.

Ironically, NASA has standardized on JES3 :-(...

> HASP -> JES2 (Job Entry System 2)
> ASP  -> JES3

This much is correct...almost (it's Job Entry Subsystem).

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