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Subject: Re: UNIX NAME ABBREVIATIONS
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Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 09:07:22 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 25 09:07:22 1987
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Again, my SHARE 1977 IBM acronym index says "Simultaneous Peripheral
Operation On Line", and this is what I remember from my MFT/HASP days
from the manuals. It could be that Tanenbaum is doing some revision.
And I certainly do recall "spooling" to magtape, albeit it may be
an ancestrial memory.
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