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From: Mark Whetzel <markw@zeus.wg.waii.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: On the Naming of UNIX Things
Date: 8 Nov 1996 14:57:51 GMT
Organization: Western Geophysical, Div. of Western Atlas Int'l, Houston, TX
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Summary: history funny unix
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I was having a discussion with some of my co-workers on WHY things
are named as they are in UNIX.  Anybody have some of the
tales behind the odd things that bound in unix history?

One question we had of some students we are training:

   Why are system processes called 'daemons'?

Some of the others I have heard about: the naming of 'biff', grep, yacc.

E-mail preferred, as I can then post a summary of the BEST of this quest.

References to printed material and other net resources appreciated.

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