Re^2: BSS data segment

John Woods john at frog.UUCP
Thu Aug 17 11:07:00 AEST 1989


In article <312 at hitech.ht.oz>, clyde at hitech.ht.oz (Clyde Smith-Stubbs) writes:
> From article <69 at harald.UUCP>, by jba at harald.ruc.dk (Jan B. Andersen):
> > mark at inmet writes:
> >>As a new comer to UNIX and C I have always wondered what BSS stands for??
> I always thought it was Block Storage Segment.

Of course not.  It's "British Motor Works."

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