Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Sam Hostetter
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:00

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Curt Welch wrote:
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> I wrote:
> : As a quiz, how many people remember these directories,
> : what they were used for, and what their names mean.
> 
> : /sys/dmr
> : /sys/ken
> Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie?
> 

> ... trying to figure out what dmr stood for.  Device Managment Routines?
> 

I suppose if one where to look at the authors' names, one might find a
clue.  Perhaps dmr = Dennis M Ritchie and ken = Ken Thompson?

-- 
Sam

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From: Sam Hostetter <shostett@indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/21
Message-ID: <33835196.26726709@indiana.edu>
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