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Date:      Thu, 23 Apr 1998 16:10:49 -0700
From:      Josh Gilliam <josh@quick.net>
To:        Studded <Studded@san.rr.com>, Andy Basler <basaj@internetwis.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BSD?
Message-ID:  <19980423161049.A16476@newport-1-14.quick.net>
In-Reply-To: <353E6873.1C22D136@san.rr.com>
References:  <353E5946.247D6B30@internetwis.com> <353E6873.1C22D136@san.rr.com>

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>> What does BSD stand for?
> 
> Berkeley Standard Distribution.

It is Berkeley Software Distribution.

Note: Jordan has also called it 'Standard' in a December 1995
BYTE article.

http://www.byte.com/art/9512/sec14/art1.htm


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