Re: What is IPL ?
On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 04:37:01PM +0100, Martin Quinson wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 04:17:02AM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > IPL stands for Initial Program Load, and is another name for what we
> > microcomputer types call "booting". The acronym IPL is very common in
> > the mainframe industry, culture and documentation, and should be
> > preserved verbatim.
>
> Thanks for the explanation. What about adding the meaning of the acronym
> between parenthesis ?
I don't think this is necessary any more than explaining what "boot" means.
At this point, anyone installing Debian/390 will know what it means. We
could add a note to the install documentation about it, but anyone who
doesn't know what it means is in bad shape, and probably won't be able to
install successfully. Maybe the docs should point them to the IBM redbook
or something.
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- mdz
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