Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Joel Coltoff
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 00:00

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Steve Elliott  <jbodarky@voicenet.com> wrote:
>>
>> > dd = Data Dump (At least I always thought so)
>> Device Dump
>Sure about that one? The functionality of 
>dd if=/tmp/myfile conv=ascii of=/tmp/newfile 
>wouldn't make sense if the command were truly a device
>level operator.

My recollection is Device-to-Device copy. I've heard that
this was the equivalent of PIP (peripheral interchange program)
that ran on RT-11/RSTS/tenex/twenex and a whole bunch of other
DEC operating systems. Ouch I think I'm showing my age and I'm
not even 40.

-- 
Joel Coltoff

I'd explain it, but there's a lot of math. -- Calvin

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From: joel@wmi0.wmi.com (Joel Coltoff)
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/13
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