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From: bem@news.cmc.net (brian moore)
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 22:38:59 GMT
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In article <5ll8i9$la1@web.nmti.com>,
peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
> 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.
Hrrm... My CP/M 1.4 docs say 'Monitor'.
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