THE UNIX ACRONYM LIST

Miscellaneous

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AcronymMeaning
CDE common desktop environment
crc cyclic redundancy check
CVS concurrent versions system
daemon disk and execution monitor
DCE distributed computing environment
DNS domain name server
errno error number
glob global (as in "globbing")
GNU GNU is not Unix
inode index node (if anything at all, see here)
MHS message handling system
MIME multi-purpose Internet mail extensions
NFS network file system
NIS network information system
PDP programmed data processor (as in PDP-7, PDP-11, see here)
Posix portable operating system interface for Unix
RAID redundant array of inexpensive or independant disks
rc run commands
RFC request for comments
RFD request for discussion
RFO request for opinions
sccs source code control system
SCSI small computer systems interface
Spam not an acronym (canned beef stew, originally an allusion to ham; used for mass mailings/postings because of a sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, see here)
spool simultaneous peripheral operation on-line
URL uniform resource locator
Usenet user's network
VT video terminal (as in VT-52, VT-100)
WWW world wide web
X Successor of W (windowing system), usually followed by a version number (e. g. X11)
yp yellow pages

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