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From: R!ch <richardt@uk.sun.com>
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: Thu, 22 May 1997 13:36:05 +0100
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
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References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <5l3c2f$i1j@pasilla.bbnplanet.com> <337A003F.6A7B@ncofsi.com> <3378D37F.462F3A47@gaijin.com> <m3bu6dyd3y.fsf@zaphod.enst.fr> <5lv7kg$oen$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <jR8CBBAo1BhzEwIZ@hayford.demon.co.uk> <5m1cqn$6bf@Jupiter.teknon.de>
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To: Volker Borchert <bt@teknon.de>
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On 22 May 1997, Volker Borchert wrote:
>
> In article <jR8CBBAo1BhzEwIZ@hayford.demon.co.uk>, Greg Hayes <greg@hayford.demon.co.uk> writes:
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> |> Where does 'foo' come from
>
> foubar : FOuled Up Beyond Any Recognition
Actually, the etymology of 'foo' is rather more obscure. You're
thinking of FUBAR. See the Online Jargin File for more details:
http://www.ccil.org/jargon/jargon.html
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R!ch
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