Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!vdsvax!barnett From: barnett@steinmetz.ge.com (Bruce G Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: UNIX NAME ABBREVIATIONS Message-ID: <3074@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP> Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 06:22:19 EST Article-I.D.: vdsvax.3074 Posted: Wed Nov 25 06:22:19 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 08:30:33 EST References: <10376@brl-adm.ARPA> <16550@topaz.rutgers.edu> Sender: barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP Reply-To: barnett@steinmetz.UUCP (Bruce G Barnett) Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 20 In article <18799@bbn.COM> jbatson@tron.bbn.com.UUCP (James Batson) writes: |What does "biff" (the mail alarm) stand for? While the manual page implies it stands for B-e notified IF mail arrived and who it is F-rom a letter in Unix World/Review revealed that it was named after the Author's dog. re: cat I thought cat was short for Concatenate All Text But perhaps this is another 'revisionist' attempt to clarify the jargon?