What does BSS stand for???

[barry at sytek.UUCP]

Can anyone one tell me what the letters in 'BSS' stand for??? I know that
it refers to the unitialized data area of any exectuable program, but
in several years I have yet to meet someone who can tell me what the
characters actually represent!

					Thanks --
					    Barry Holroyd
					    (213) 417-8859
					    decvax!sytek!barry