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Usr stands for universal system resource, look up the file hierarchy standard.

• kps 7y ago
  No, it's short for ‘user’.
  • timbit42 7y ago
    More precisely 'users'. Every user can access it.
    • mikelward 7y ago
      It started out as a separate drive for home directories and files that didn't fit on the first drive. cf. /usr/dmr (Dennis Ritchie), and /usr/ken (Ken Thompson). https://blog.w1r3.net/2018/01/06/rob-landley-about-usr-split.html https://blog.w1r3.net/2018/01/06/rob-landley-about-usr-split...
    • kps 7y ago
      ‘Users’ because that's where users' home directories were, like /home in Linux FHS or /Users in Mac OS. Then acquired overflow versions of bin et al. when the root disk filled up.