what is BSS and BSSEND

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <15487 at cup.portal.com> HyperDriven at cup.portal.com (Joseph C McDonald) writes:
>    Anyone know for sure what they stand for?

Yes, but since this question burns up an immense amount of net bandwidth
every couple of years, I don't think we should discuss it here.  Why does
it matter where the names came from, anyway?  The historical origin of
the name "BSS" has little to do with its current usage.