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> BIND used to stand for Berkeley Internet Name Domain Surely “Berkeley Internet Name Daemon”?
by teddyh 3y ago
> BIND used to stand for Berkeley Internet Name Domain
Surely “Berkeley Internet Name Daemon”?
- WarOnPrivacy 3y agoI'm running into so many multipurpose acronyms lately I'm wondering if we shouldn't start nesting them or something. As an aside, why do you ” and not " ? App thing?
- teddyh 3y ago" is an ASCII abomination, and should only be used when absolutely necessary.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- silverquiet 3y agoDo you mean acronym collisions? I think that might just be part of getting older; I started complaining about it around 30, but I am a bit of a complainer anyway.
- rascul 3y ago> Surely “Berkeley Internet Name Daemon”? The Berkeley Internet Name Domain Server https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1984/5957.html https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1984/5957.html
- teddyh 3y agoI stand corrected.
- c22 3y agonamed is the BIND daemon.