SearchEnterpriseLinux: Excavating Ancient Abbreviations in Linux
Jun 16, 2005, 22:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Nigel McFarlane)
[ Thanks to Amy
Kucharik for this link. ]
"Unix is 35. Some people consider that the official start of
middle age, although for a computer technology it's more like
existing since the Middle Ages. Over that time, Unix and its child
Linux have collected a lot of history and some quite archaic
language. In this tip, we'll have a look at a few of the more
ancient bits of crusty stuff and identify their purposes, if not
their actual origins..."
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