BOF: /B-O-F/ Or /bof/ N. Abbreviation For The Phrase "Birds Of A Feather" (flocking Together), An Informal Discussion Group And/or Bull Session Scheduled On A Conference Program.

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:BOF: /B-O-F/ or /bof/ n. Abbreviation for the phrase "Birds
Of a Feather" (flocking together), an informal discussion group
and/or bull session scheduled on a conference program. It is not
clear where or when this term originated, but it is now associated
with the USENIX conferences for UNIX techies and was already
established there by 1984. It was used earlier than that at DECUS
conferences and is reported to have been common at SHARE meetings
as far back as the early 1960s.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary

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