Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Sohail Aslam
Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 00:00

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'foo' is actually 'fu' of 'fubar' where 'fubar' is 'fouled up beyond all
recognition'. I think 'fubar' originated at MIT. 'snafu' (situation normal:
all fouled up) is a navy term, though.

Switching subjects: the october 1996 issue of IEEE 'Computer', vol. 29, no. 10,
has a picture of the 'moth' that got fried in Mark II's relay. This led to
the term 'bug'.

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Sohail Aslam                   
Department of Computer Science, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Lahore, Pakistan    tel: 92-42-572-2670   fax: 92-42-572-2591
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From: aslam@lums.edu.pk (Sohail Aslam)
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/22
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