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From: lumpy <lumpy@cs.ucc.ie>
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Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 14:45:21 +0100
Organization: UCC Computer Science Dept.
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Here's a few that I always wonder about:
/etc = ETCetera ??
/usr = USeR ??
/var = VARious ??
tcsh = exTended C SHell ??
biff ?? Does it mean anything?
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Reason 1 why Kirk is better then Picard:
One Word: Balls