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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!curtis
  2. From: curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
  4. Subject: Re: Does Linux use segmentation?
  5. Date: 11 Nov 1992 18:39:57 GMT
  6. Organization: CS Dept. Snakepit - Do Not Feed.
  7. Lines: 12
  8. Message-ID: <1drk1tINN7vt@agate.berkeley.edu>
  9. References: <1992Nov11.011359.27473@cbnewse.cb.att.com> <1dpov0INNqcu@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Nov11.021246.3563@news.acns.nwu.edu>
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  12. In article <1992Nov11.021246.3563@news.acns.nwu.edu> hpa@nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin) writes:
  13. >
  14. >anyone know what BSS stands for?  I have only seen "for historical
  15. >reasons"...
  16.  
  17. Block Started by Symbol!
  18.  
  19. It was an old System/360 instruction for clearing memory.
  20.  
  21. God, I love being a trivia hound.
  22.  
  23. c
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