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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!news.uni-hamburg.de!rzaix41!fk5a005 From: fk5a005@rzaix41.uni-hamburg.de (Matthias Kopfermann) 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? Followup-To: 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 Date: 16 May 1997 20:06:45 GMT Organization: University of Hamburg -- Germany Lines: 24 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <5lieol$fid$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <5l37jg$87j$1@wuff.mayn.de> <5l7jvt$q8b$10@halon.vggas.com> <33776BE4.6883@ford.com> <3378BF7C.662E1C9@jumpnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rzaix41.rrz.uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45066 comp.os.linux.misc:175673 comp.os.linux.x:61765 alt.os.linux:21238 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3279 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41059 gnu.misc.discuss:31319 comp.unix.solaris:106723 hi, all, just wanted to tell you i am really amazed about this vivid discussions about acronyms. yes, it is fun and i am happy i started to tickle you all with my first mail about collecting a list of unix abbreviations so much, i now read about 106 mails about acronyms. hey, this is fun, that way we are going to produce a big, big list in 2 or 3 years :) (well , there must be millions of acronyms not thousands :)) -> so i guess, we ned some years from now on to have a complete list :)) ) btw: ls : list screen, i always read about that explanation in various unix books , so i took it as example, i am so glad, that my perhaps wrong explanation " list screen" shows, how important the whole acronyms-debate really is. and perhaps we should have another cgi-script, that does only list all the wonderful jokes about that acronyms. hey , this thread is so much fun, i am not trembling any more :)) -- Matthias (this message came from Hamburg/Germany) wwwwwwwww email-alias: kopf@rrz.uni-hamburg.de wwwwwwwwwwwwww