From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 4 14: 3:29 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 BDEB837B401 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 14:03:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from lerlaptop.iadfw.net (lerlaptop.iadfw.net [206.66.13.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B1D343E6E for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 14:03:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lerlaptop.iadfw.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gA4M3Qs6018336; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 16:03:27 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Subject: Re: ``root''? From: Larry Rosenman To: lewiz Cc: FreeBSD-questions In-Reply-To: <20021104220037.GA1110@lewiz.org> References: <20021104220037.GA1110@lewiz.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 04 Nov 2002 16:03:26 -0600 Message-Id: <1036447407.804.36.camel@lerlaptop.iadfw.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) 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 Mon, 2002-11-04 at 16:00, lewiz wrote: > Hi, > > I've been wondering - what does ``root'' stand for? I've just been > doing some calculus as part of my math. homework and I've just written > down ``there are no ``real'' roots'' - is this possibly something to do > with the meaning of ``root'' - i.e. root = answer? Root of the user tree. Root of all users. Root of the machine. Tradition. -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message