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