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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
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: 17 May 1997 21:39:21 GMT
Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI
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In article <slrn5nscg5.3qj.felix@kutta.math.fu-berlin.de>,
Felix von Leitner <fefe@math.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> What does "CP/M" stand for?

> CP = Control Program?
> /M = Machine? ;)

Microprocessor.
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