Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Kevin Hudson
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 00:00

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Joel Ray Holveck wrote:
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> 
> So how about ps?  I alwasy assumed it stood for ProceSses, but I have
> a friend who swears it stands for Page Space.  Anybody?  Anybody?
> 

ps = Process Status or by some offcial refernces Process Stack.  When I
worked at AT&T we always considered it to be Process Status. :-)
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From: Kevin Hudson <kevinh@hstn.tensor.pgs.com>
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/15
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To: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
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