THE UNIX ACRONYM LIST

Directories

B D E F L P S T U V

AcronymMeaning
bin binaries
dev devices
etc et cetera
fd file descriptors (as in /dev/fd)
lib library
lpp licensed program products
proc processes (/proc pseudo directory)
sbin superuser binaries
termcap terminal capability
terminfo terminal information
tmp temporary
u user
ucb University of California at Berkeley
usr unix shared resources
var variable

B D E F L P S T U V


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Last update: 20 May 2006

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