Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!usc!bbn!inmet!ishmael!inmet!mark From: mark@inmet Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: BSS data segment Message-ID: <20900001@inmet> Date: 1 Aug 89 20:11:00 GMT References: <10587@smoke.BRL.MIL> Lines: 15 Nf-ID: #R:smoke.BRL.MIL:-1058700:inmet:20900001:000:434 Nf-From: inmet!mark Aug 1 16:11:00 1989 /* Written 6:15 am Jul 23, 1989 by gwyn@smoke.UUCP in inmet:comp.lang.c */ /* ---------- "Re: BSS data segment" ---------- */ In article <876@lakesys.UUCP> chad@lakesys.UUCP (D. Chadwick Gibbons) writes: > > I've seen the BSS data segment mentioned in several books. ... > /* End of text from inmet:comp.lang.c */ As a new comer to UNIX and C I have always wondered what BSS stands for?? mark hertel mark@inmet.com