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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!psinntp!hstn.tensor.pgs.com!news From: Kevin Hudson <kevinh@hstn.tensor.pgs.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 14:35:20 -0500 Organization: Systems Support Lines: 19 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <337B6578.7D8B@hstn.tensor.pgs.com> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <337A003F.6A7B@ncofsi.com> <3378D37F.462F3A47@gaijin.com> <5lcjee$g4i$1@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <5lclfo$597$1@news.ececs.uc.edu> <sejaflxyhnp.fsf@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: spock.hstn.tensor.pgs.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; U; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4m) To: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45037 comp.os.linux.misc:175569 comp.os.linux.x:61702 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3263 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41008 gnu.misc.discuss:31302 comp.unix.solaris:106665 Joel Ray Holveck wrote: > > > 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. :-) -- Kevin L. Hudson | I am Pentium of Borg PGS Tensor | Division is futile Systems Admin. | You will be Approximated mailto:kevinh@hstn.tensor.pgs.com Any opinions and / or advice are mine alone and are not authorized or endorsed by PGS Tensor or any other corporate entity. That said: Down with bill gates! Long live Linus Torvalds! Download, install and start using Linux Today!