From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 20:23:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F66116A4CE for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:23:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BF0143D55 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:23:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0E4N6al060696; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 05:23:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 05:23:06 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200401140423.i0E4N6al060696@fw.farid-hajji.net> From: "Cordula's Web" To: kevin_lee@att.net In-reply-to: <200401132210530434.191B83B7@mailhost.worldnet.att.net> (kevin_lee@att.net) X-Mailer: Emacs-21.3.1/FreeBSD-4.9-STABLE References: <200401132210530434.191B83B7@mailhost.worldnet.att.net> cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Information X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: cpghost@cordula.ws List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 04:23:53 -0000 > Hello, I was wondering what BSD stands for? Also what does AMD and > Ultra SPARC stand for? Any information would be very helpful. BSD = Berkeley Software Distribution http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/B/BSD.html AMD = Advanced Micro Devices A company that produces (among others) Intel clones. SPARC = Scalable Processor ARChitecture A processor type developed by Sun. Google is your friend... -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/