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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier+/news/gnu/misc/discuss@tequila.cs.yale.edu>
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Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
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Date: 17 May 1997 16:55:45 -0400
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wcochran@eecs.wsu.edu (Wayne Cochran - CS) writes:
> what does bss stand for
I alwayss thought of it as "Bulk Storage Section", but I admit that the last
"s" is unclear.
Stefan