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  2. From: Lucian_Dancanet@transarc.com
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
  4. Subject: Re: Does Linux use segmentation?
  5. Message-ID: <gf0Kdtn0BwwwI3cgAR@transarc.com>
  6. Date: 11 Nov 92 10:18:01 GMT
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  8. References: <1992Nov11.011359.27473@cbnewse.cb.att.com> <1dpov0INNqcu@agate.berkeley.edu>
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  10. Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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  16. The name bss comes from an assembly pseudo-operator on the IBM 7090 machine,
  17. which stood for "block started by symbol."
  18. (Maurice Bach, "The Design of the UNIX Operating System," on page 25)
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