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From: jsloan@wright.EDU (John Sloan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: UNIX NAME ABBREVIATIONS
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Date: Fri, 27-Nov-87 15:07:42 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 27 15:07:42 1987
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> What does "biff" (the mail alarm) stand for?

One of the UNIX magazines (UNIX World I believe) had an article in
which they offered a pretty plausible explanation of the "acronym"
biff. Several months later a letter appeared by someone claiming
to be the original author of biff, stating that the program was
named after their dog. Just another piece of UNIX folklore?

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