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From: lcc.ghb@SEAS.UCLA.EDU (George Bray)
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Subject: Re: biff (INFO-UNIX Digest  V4#082)
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Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 07:36:16 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  1 07:36:16 1987
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> Here's one I think we haven't covered before.

> What does "biff" (the mail alarm) stand for?

> Jay Batson
> If I had any opinions, I'd probably try to foist them off on my employer,
> so my opinions may (or may not) represent those of my employer....

"biff" is a funny one.  Everyone asks "where does the name come from".
In fact, biff was the name of a dog who hung around the fifth floor of Evans
Hall at UC Berkeley in 1981.  The programmer of biff (I forget the name)
couldn't come up with a name, so it was named after the dog.

P.S.  This is a true story.  I was there at the time.

George Bray
Locus Computing Corporation (the usual disclaimer)