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<p>Request price quotation or RPQ is a long-standing <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a> designation for a product or component that is potentially available, but that is not on the "standard" price list. Typical RPQ offerings are custom interfaces, hardware modifications, research or experimental systems, or variable-cost items. In the days of IBM's large mainframes, e.g. the <a href="/facts/System%2f360/7znvpy4K">System/360</a> and <a href="/facts/System%2f370/TRo1jaFw">System/370</a> series, many unusual features were flagged as "RPQ". </p><p>A special-order software item is known as a Programming Request Price Quotation or PRPQ. </p>