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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!europa.clark.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!EU.net!newsfeed.Austria.EU.net!newscore.univie.ac.at!03-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!news.univie.ac.at!news-admin@univie.ac.at From: Tony #352 <Tony.Curtis@vcpc.univie.ac.at.REMOVE-FOR-MAIL> Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: 16 May 1997 16:05:00 +0200 Organization: European Centre for Parallel Computing, Vienna, Austria Lines: 25 Sender: tc@haze Distribution: inet Message-ID: <7xzptvecmr.fsf@vcpc.univie.ac.at> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <5l37jg$87j$1@wuff.mayn.de> <5l7jvt$q8b$10@halon.vggas.com> <33776BE4.6883@ford.com> <337C64F0.41C6@cs.ucc.ie> NNTP-Posting-Host: aloisius.vcpc.univie.ac.at To: lumpy@cs.ucc.ie X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45055 comp.os.linux.misc:175626 comp.os.linux.x:61740 alt.os.linux:21229 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3274 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41046 gnu.misc.discuss:31313 comp.unix.solaris:106699 Re: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?, lumpy <lumpy@cs.ucc.ie> said: lumpy> Here's a few that I always wonder about: /etc = lumpy> ETCetera ?? /usr = USeR ?? /var = VARious ?? /var = variable I think /usr is now a static partition, things like /usr/tmp, /usr/adm which change have moved into /var. lumpy> tcsh = exTended C SHell ?? Tenex csh lumpy> biff ?? Does it mean anything? Biff is the name of a dog (presumably now deceased) who used to bark at the postman on some campus. Find a "Jargon File", it explains biff and others. -- Tony Curtis, Systems Manager | Tel +43 1 310 93 96 European Centre for Parallel Computing, | Fax +43 1 310 93 96 13 Liechtensteinstrasse 22, A-1090 Wien, AT | http://www.vcpc.univie.ac.at/%7Etc/