Transaction Processing Facility


Transaction Processing Facility

(operating system)(TPF) A real-time mainframe operating system released by IBM around 1976. TPF is particularlysuited to organisations dealing in very high I/O messageswitching and large global networks. Current users includeBritish Airways (reservations), VISA International(authorisations), Holiday Inn, and Quantas.

TPF was traditionally a 370/Assembler environment althoughthe latest, release 4.1, contains C. Formerly known as ACP(Airline Control Program), it was renamed "TPF" to suggestsits greater scope.

It is common for TPF sites to use IBM's MVS and VMoperating systems for off-line processing.