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From: joel@wmi0.wmi.com (Joel Coltoff)
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 13:28:10 GMT
Organization: Woodward McCoach, Inc.
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In article <338436E6.794BDF32@systrix.de>,
>FUBAR
> (`F****d Up Beyond All Repair'), later bowdlerized to foobar. (See
>also FUBAR.)
If you've ever used vaxen you know it really means
Failure of the UniBus Address Register ;-)
At least that's what would display on the console after a panic.
--
Joel Coltoff
I'd explain it, but there's a lot of math. -- Calvin