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From: bt@teknon.de (Volker Borchert)
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Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 22 May 1997 14:05:43 +0200
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In article <jR8CBBAo1BhzEwIZ@hayford.demon.co.uk>, Greg Hayes <greg@hayford.demon.co.uk> writes:

|> Where does 'foo' come from

foubar : FOuled Up Beyond Any Recognition
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"I'm a doctor, not a mechanic." Dr Leonard McCoy <mccoy@ncc1701.starfleet.fed>
"I'm a mechanic, not a doctor." Volker Borchert  <bt@teknon.de>