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"It doesn't stand for anything". Well, we can all speculate.

A:  Alpha, or Advanced.

X:  The marketing types know that all things being equal, putting an X
    in the name makes it sell better. It's, as they say, seXy.

    In this case it alo provides a link back to the much loved VAX: in
    that case it was supposed to mean eXtension ...

P:  Processor, or power. Advanced seX Power? Amazing the way you can think
    like a marketing droid when you want to :-) :-) :-)

                Nigel Arnot

                NRA%ipg.ph.kcl.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk   (internet)
                NRA%uk.ac.kcl.ph.ipg@ukacrl.bitnet        (bitnet)

PS ICL computers once named an O/S George after the chief programmer. Eventually
   they had to invent an "official" explanation. Now, that one's tricky!