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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!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!data.ramona.vix.com!sonysjc!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!venus.sun.com!uk-usenet.uk.sun.com!usenet From: Tony Walton <tony.walton@UK.Sun.COM.PLEASE.REMOVE.THIS.TO.REPLY> 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: Fri, 23 May 1997 11:17:11 +0100 Organization: SunService UK Lines: 21 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <33856EA7.7EB1@UK.Sun.COM.PLEASE.REMOVE.THIS.TO.REPLY> 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> <Pine.SOL.3.93.970522133415.798F-100000@infernal> NNTP-Posting-Host: lanka.uk.sun.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4m) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45355 comp.os.linux.misc:176678 comp.os.linux.x:62340 alt.os.linux:21512 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3392 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41501 gnu.misc.discuss:31456 comp.unix.solaris:107418 R!ch wrote: > > On 22 May 1997, Volker Borchert wrote: > > > > > 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 > > 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 All good stuff - but it does omit one recursive derivation I've heard - foo == File of Obscure Origin :-) -- Tony