From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 4 13:39: 7 2002 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 CFEE237B400 for ; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 13:39:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hamberg.it.uu.se (hamberg.it.uu.se [130.238.9.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 100C643E09 for ; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 13:39:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ertr1013@csd.uu.se) Received: (from ertr1013@localhost) by hamberg.it.uu.se (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA20709; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 22:38:56 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 22:38:56 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Martin Hasenbein Cc: Eugenia Henry , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re: Definition Message-ID: <20020704223856.A20588@student.uu.se> References: <000e01c223b3$3e557020$9a5b4d0c@pavilion> <20020704223245.G73710@free.bsd.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020704223245.G73710@free.bsd.net>; from mh-freebsd-questions@free.bsd.net on Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 10:32:45PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 10:32:45PM +0200, Martin Hasenbein wrote: > > On Do 4 Jul (16:33:45) Eugenia Henry (geniejax@worldnet.att.net) wrote: > > Hi, > > > What do the initials BSD stand for? > > Berkeley Software Development (I guess) You guess wrong. From the FAQ (which you people really should check before asking or trying to answer questions): Seriously, BSD is an acronym for `Berkeley Software Distribution'', which is the name the Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) chose for their Unix distribution way back when. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message