Origin and meaning of 'rc' for config files?

[Max Heffler @ Landmark Graphics]

In article <1989Sep14.213204.6618 at nueces.cactus.org>, chari at nueces.cactus.org (Christopher M. Whatley) writes:

> Well, what is the origin and meaning of 'rc' like newsrc, kermrc etc...
> The only thing I can thing of is 'restore configuration'.

rc stands for run command(s)...
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