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PR
— PRepare for printing
GETTY
— get tty
IRC
— Internet Relay Chat
GAURAV
— Globally Approving Unix as Reconfigurable Advanced Version
XARGS
— extended arguments
SIGEMT
— signal: EMT instruction
XDPR
— X dump print
XMKMF
— X make makefile
R...
— remote (e. g. rsh = remote shell)
QDAEMON
— queue daemon
PGP
— Pretty Good Privacy (encryption)
ULIMIT
— user's limit
G...
— GNU
SIGABRT
— signal: abort
YACC
— Yet Another Compiler-Compiler
SIGURG
— signal: urgent I/O condition
RCS
— Revision Control System
MV
— Move
SIGUSR1
— signal: user-defined signal 1
MAN
— Manual
FSCK
— File System Check
STTY
— set tty
RMDIR
— Remove Directory
CC
— C Compiler
PASSWD
— Password
SIGHUP
— signal: hangup
SIGTTOU
— signal: TTY output
TTT
— Tic Tac Toe
WC
— Word Count
SIGALRM
— signal: alarm clock
RCP
— Remote Copy Protocol
SYNC
— Synchronize
RLOGIN
— Remote Login in Unix
SIGILL
— signal: illegal instruction
CAT
— Concatenate
MWM
— Motif Window Manager
CMP
— Compare
EQN
— Equation
XDM
— X Display Manager
SCP
— Secure Copy Protocol
LPD
— Line Printer Daemon
SIGTSTP
— Signal: terminal stop
LPQ
— Line Printer Queue
CI
— Check In
COMM
— Common
SIGTTIN
— signal: TTY input
LS
— Listing
BSH
— Bourne Shell
FUSER
— file user
DU
— Disk Usage
VI
— Visual Information
VI
— Visual
SIGBUS
— signal: bus error
KSH
— Korn Shell Programming
LPR
— Line Print
TBL
— Tableland Homestead, Australia
EVAL
— Evaluate
SIGFPE
— signal: floating point exception
BASH
— Bourne Again Shell
UUCP
— Unix-to-Unix Copy Program
CP
— Copy Protection
SED
— Stream Editor
CSH
— C Shell Programming
LS
— List-Serv
EMACS
— Editor MACroS
SU
— Superuser
ZIP
— Ziv packer
NM
— Names
CAL
— Calendar
ELM
— Electronic Mail for UNIX
LORDER
— library order
PCC
— Portable C Compiler
SIGTERM
— signal: terminate
LPRM
— Line Printer Remove
CP
— Copy (Unix command)
LPC
— Line Printer Control
TCSH
— Tenex C Shell
AS
— Assembler
ROFF
— run-off
CHOWN
— Change Owner
CB
— C-Beautifier
DIFF
— Difference
LN
— Link
FMT
— Format
AR
— Archiver
GREP
— Global Regular Expression and Print
CRON
— Chronos
TBL
— Table
TR
— Translate
PAX
— Portable Archive Exchange
SH
— Shell
NOHUP
— no hang-up
VI
— Visual Impairment
EXPR
— Expression
M4
— macro processor version 4
SIGCONT
— signal: continue
TSH
— Trusted shell
UNIQ
— Unique
DF
— Disk Free
SAR
— System Activity Report
JSH
— job-control shell
POVRAY
— Persistence of Vision Raytracer
XRDB
— X resource database
DIRNAME
— directory name
XFD
— X Font Display
CHSH
— change shell
ADB
— advanced debugger
LS
— Language Specialist
RCP
— remote copy program
CHMOD
— Change Mode
TELNET
— TErminal over NETwork
CHGRP
— Change Group
SDB
— symbolic debugger
SZ
— send Zmodem
NN
— No News
OCLOCK
— O shaped clock
ED
— Editorial Department
RZ
— Receive Z-modem
MVDIR
— move directory
ID
— Identity
LEX
— Lexical Analyser
ED
— Editorial Division
WISH
— windowing shell
VI
— Visually Impairment
CP
— Copy Propagation
DIFF3
— differences of three files
FTIO
— fast tape input/output
IMAKE
— interface to make
SIGSEGV
— signal: segmentation violation
EGREP
— extended grep
RM
— Remove
LOGNAME
— log-in name
XWD
— X Window Dump
DBX
— Extended Debugger
TCLSH
— Tcl shell
FGREP
— fixed-string grep
DC
— Desk Calculator
ED
— Editorial Decision
XWUD
— X window un-dump
PICO
— PINE Composer
TSORT
— topological sort
MKFS
— Make File system
LHARC
— Lempl-Huffman archiver
WALL
— write all
FC
— Fix Command
MKNOD
— make node
NAWK
— New AWK
TROFF
— typesetter roff
OD
— Octal Dump
PWD
— print work directory
RMAIL
— restricted mail
SIGINT
— signal: interruption
CO
— Check-Out
RMDEL
— remove delta
CPP
— C Preprocessor
LS
— List Show
SHAR
— SHell ARchive
ELIF
— ELse IF
NROFF
— new roff
CURL
— Client URL Request Library
ATOB
— ASCII TO Binary conversion
PPID
— Parent Process Identification
...WM
— window manager
SIGUSR2
— signal: user-defined signal 2
SIGSYS
— signal: (bad argument to) system call
CP
— Copy-Paste
LPR
— Line Printer Request
LSOF
— List Open Files
TEX
— tau epsilon chi (greek letters)
BTOA
— Convert Binary TO ASCII
GECOS
— General Electric Comprehensive Operating System
...D
— daemon (e. g. inetd = internet daemon)
RM
— Remove Command
CPIO
— copy (archive files) in and out (of an archive)
UNIX
— Uniplexed Information and Computing Service
TBL
— Table Building Language
VI
— Visual Inspection
HDA1
— Hard disk Partitioning 1
GDSII
— Geometrical Data base for Information Interchange
VI
— Visual Interactive
CSHRC
— C Shell Run Commands
TBL
— Tablespoon
SIGCHLD
— signal: (exit of a) child
SIGWINCH
— signal: window (size) changed
ED
— Editor display
C89
— 1989 (ANSI/ISO-)C compiler
LS
— Listener Supported
LS
— Lista de Serviços
CP
— Copy and Print
CLEM
— Class List E-Mail
ED
— Editor's Draft
RANLIB
— create RANdom access LIBrary
BC
— Basic Calculator
VI
— Visual Interface
LS
— LISTS OF SPECIES
LS
— List Star
VI
— Visual Interpreter
CP
— Copy Pasta
LS
— Listening and Speaking
RETR
— RETRIEVE (FTP)
RSH
— remote shell or restricted shell
CCS
— Common Comand Set
LPR
— Line Print Remote
UTS
— Unix Time Sharing
NL
— Number the Lines
CP
— Copy Part
CP
— Copy Pool
LS
— Listening Skills
LS
— Listing Service
TEE
— T pipe fitting (plumbing device)
ULB
— Usr Local Bin
SIGIO
— signal: input/output (possible or completed)
CP
— Copyright problems
LIR
— Linux Install Run
TAR
— tape archive(r)
LD
— Link editor or loader
CP
— Copy Protect
MTR
— Matt's TraceRoute
LS
— Liga Socialista
LS
— Laurea Specialistica
LS
— List Statistics
LS
— List files
LS
— Listed Space
VI
— Visual Input
MV
— Movement Variables
MAC
— Mtime, Atime, Ctime
NBC
— Not Barring Calls
WML
— Website MetaLanguage
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