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Article #4404Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
From: Joel Coltoff
Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 00:00
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In article <338436E6.794BDF32@systrix.de>,
>FUBAR
> (`F****d Up Beyond All Repair'), later bowdlerized to foobar. (See
>also FUBAR.)
If you've ever used vaxen you know it really means
Failure of the UniBus Address Register ;-)
At least that's what would display on the console after a panic.
--
Joel Coltoff
I'd explain it, but there's a lot of math. -- Calvin
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