Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!maestro!solist.htsa.aha.nl!joaquinv From: joaquinv@solist.htsa.aha.nl (Joaquinv Villar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Meaning of abbreviations Message-ID: <1346@maestro.htsa.aha.nl> Date: 23 Jan 90 11:09:37 GMT Sender: news@maestro.htsa.aha.nl Reply-To: joaquinv@solist.htsa.aha.nl (Joaquinv Villar) Organization: AHA-TMF (Technical Institute), Amsterdam, The Netherlands Lines: 30 Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Meaning of some abbreviations. Summary: Expires: Sender: Reply-To: joaquinv@solist.htsa.aha.nl (Joaquinv Villar) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: AHA-TMF (Technical Institute), Amsterdam, The Netherlands Keywords: When I read the articles I'm very often confrontated with words of wich I dont know the meaning. Can anyone tell me the meaning of the following abbreviations: - VRTX - RDBMS - PHIGS - SUN - VAX BSD I'm also looking for information about : - HP - UX/System V - Oracle - X window system - The CONVEX assembly language Please reply to : joaquinv@solist.htsa.aha.nl Thanks.