Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Donovan Ready
Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 00:00

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Tom Rogie wrote:
> 
> On 13 May 1997 11:05:20 +0200, frankwij@sci.kun.nl (Frank Wijnans)
> wrote:
> snipped some...
> >>IIRC dd was going to be called cc ("copy & convert") but since cc already
> >>existed, it got called dd instead.
> >
> 
> While we're talking about abriviations: what does IIRC mean?
> 
> >I thought "dd" was from "disk dubling" because it is used mostly on /dev/fd*
> >etc.
> >
> >Greetings Frank
> 

If I Remember Correctly. IMHO,ROFL.

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Donovan Ready,
Lindsay Computer Systems
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From: Donovan Ready <dready@jumpnet.com>
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/14
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