Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Tony #352
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 00:00

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Re: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?, lumpy
<lumpy@cs.ucc.ie> said:

lumpy> Here's a few that I always wonder about: /etc =
lumpy> ETCetera ??  /usr = USeR ??  /var = VARious ??

/var = variable I think

/usr is now a static partition, things like /usr/tmp,
/usr/adm which change have moved into /var.

lumpy> tcsh = exTended C SHell ??

Tenex csh

lumpy> biff ?? Does it mean anything?

Biff is the name of a dog (presumably now deceased) who used
to bark at the postman on some campus.  Find a "Jargon
File", it explains biff and others.

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Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/16
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