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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!kutta.math.fu-berlin.DE!felix From: felix@math.fu-berlin.de (Felix von Leitner) 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 20:32:38 GMT Organization: Miscatonic University Lines: 14 Message-ID: <slrn5nscg5.3qj.felix@kutta.math.fu-berlin.de> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <3378D37F.462F3A47@gaijin.com> <Pine.SUN.3.95.970513170134.19438A-100000@omni2> <5lanj7$6r4@netaxs.com> <5ldu0d$n40@cicsun.univ-bpclermont.fr> Reply-To: fefe@math.fu-berlin.de NNTP-Posting-Host: kutta.math.fu-berlin.de (160.45.40.166) NNTP-Posting-User: felix X-Access: 16 17 19 X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45155 comp.os.linux.misc:175922 comp.os.linux.x:61907 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3321 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41157 gnu.misc.discuss:31367 comp.unix.solaris:106844 On 15 May 1997 02:56:13 GMT, Roger Espel Llima <espel@llaic.univ-bpclermont.fr> wrote: > didn't cp/m have a command called PIP too, for copying? i think i saw > that on old crappy amstrads. What does "CP/M" stand for? CP = Control Program? /M = Machine? ;) Fefe -- He was so narrow-minded he could see through a keyhole with both eyes.