Talk:IBM Houston Automated Spooling Program

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[edit] Correct Meaning of Acronym

A google search on HASP and Houston reveals an amazing array of variations on the meaning of the acronym HASP. (e.g. Automated v. Automatic, Program v. Package). I don't have access to a definitive resource. I took my best guess at which one is correct and created redirect for the most common of the others (see "what links here"). If someone can establish definitively which was the official meaning of the acronym, feel free to move the text of the article and make this name a redirect as appropriate. -Metamusing 02:16, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

-- check out this link. I would consider it authoritative. http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/133/ibmsj1303E.pdf 158.96.100.224 18:25, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your research. The source you reference suggests "Houston Access Support Processor". If this was the original name, it doesn't seem to have stuck, since of 15 results returned by a google search with keywords: hasp houston site:ibm.com, only this one suggested these words. All the rest suggested a variation on Automatic and Spooling and either Package or Priority or Program. Still, we could create a page by that name and redirect it here. -Metamusing 20:05, 12 September 2007 (UTC)