BSS data segment

[mark at inmet]

/* Written  6:15 am  Jul 23, 1989 by gwyn at smoke.UUCP in inmet:comp.lang.c */
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In article <876 at lakesys.UUCP> chad at lakesys.UUCP (D. Chadwick Gibbons) writes:
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>	I've seen the BSS data segment mentioned in several books.  ...
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As a new comer to UNIX and C I have always wondered what BSS stands for??



			   mark hertel
			   mark at inmet.com