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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!su-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!sonysjc!sonybc!newsjunkie.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!lantana.singnet.com.sg!newsfeed.singnet.com.sg!chenab.lums.edu.pk!chenab.lums.edu.pk!not-for-mail From: aslam@lums.edu.pk (Sohail Aslam) 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: 22 May 1997 23:06:42 +0500 Organization: Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Lines: 14 Message-ID: <5m21vi$es3@chenab.lums.edu.pk> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <m3bu6dyd3y.fsf@zaphod.enst.fr> <5lv7kg$oen$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <jR8CBBAo1BhzEwIZ@hayford.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: chenab.lums.edu.pk Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45322 comp.os.linux.misc:176560 comp.os.linux.x:62278 alt.os.linux:21497 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3381 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41445 gnu.misc.discuss:31439 comp.unix.solaris:107313 'foo' is actually 'fu' of 'fubar' where 'fubar' is 'fouled up beyond all recognition'. I think 'fubar' originated at MIT. 'snafu' (situation normal: all fouled up) is a navy term, though. Switching subjects: the october 1996 issue of IEEE 'Computer', vol. 29, no. 10, has a picture of the 'moth' that got fried in Mark II's relay. This led to the term 'bug'. -- Sohail Aslam Department of Computer Science, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Lahore, Pakistan tel: 92-42-572-2670 fax: 92-42-572-2591 email: aslam@lums.edu.pk