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berklix /berk'liks/ n.,adj. [contraction of `Berkeley Unix'] See BSD.
Not used at Berkeley itself....
Berzerkeley /b*r-zer'klee/ n. [from `berserk', via the name of a now-deceased record label
poss. originated by famed columnist Herb Caen] Humorous distortion of `Berkeley' used esp....
beta /bay't*/, /be't*/ or (Commonwealth) /bee't*/ n.
1. Mostly working, but still under test; usu. used with `in'...
BFI /B-F-I/ n. See brute force and ignorance. Also encountered in the variants `BFMI', `brute force and massive ignorance' and `BFBI' `brute force and bloody ignorance'.
bible n. 1. One of a small number of fundamental source books such as Knuth, K&
BiCapitalization n. The act said to have been performed on trademarks (such as PostScript, NeXT, NeWS, VisiCalc, FrameMaker, TK!
olver, EasyWriter) that have been raised above the ruck of...
B1FF /bif/ [Usenet] (alt. `BIFF') n. The most famous pseudo, and the prototypical newbie.
BI // Common written abbreviation for Breidbart Index.
biff /bif/ vt. To notify someone of incoming mail.
From the BSD utility biff(1), which was in turn named after a friendly dog who used to chase frisbees in the halls at UCB while 4....
Big Gray Wall n. What faces a VMS user searching for documentation.

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