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Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!news1.mpcs.com!hammer.uoregon.edu!news-peer.gsl.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!server2.netnews.ja.net!server6.netnews.ja.net!str-ccsun!singer.cent.gla.ac.uk!newsfeed.ed.ac.uk!edcogsci!richard From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: pitcairn Message-ID: <EA8zA6.HG6@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Sender: cnews@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (C News Software) Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh References: <5l3c2f$i1j@pasilla.bbnplanet.com> <337A003F.6A7B@ncofsi.com> <5lcjbv$180@web.nmti.com> Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 00:13:18 GMT Lines: 12 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45451 comp.os.linux.misc:177178 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3421 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41683 gnu.misc.discuss:31494 In article <5lcjbv$180@web.nmti.com> peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >> dd = Data Dump (At least I always thought so) > >Copy and Convert. I always imagined it was written by an IBM programmer, who probably had "/" as his prompt. -- Richard -- "I" is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.