advanced function presentation

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advanced function presentation - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Advanced Function Presentation
  Advanced Function Printing
  
     <printer, language> (AFP) A page description language from
     IBM introduced in 1984 initially as Advanced Function
     Printing.  AFP was first developed for mainframes and then
     brought to minicomputers and workstations.  It is
     implemented on the various platforms by Print Services Facility
      (PSF) software, which generates the native IBM
     printer language, IPDS and, depending on the version,
     PostScript and LaserJet PCL as well.  IBM calls AFP a
     "printer architecture" rather than a page description
     language.