> UNIX was UNICS which was a pun on MULTICS. I doubt it is official, but I was told the name Unix was picked as it was "Multics with bits taken off". > I coul

> UNIX was UNICS which was a pun on MULTICS. I doubt it is official, but I was told the name Unix was picked as it was "Multics with bits taken off". > I couldn't for the life of me tell you what dd stands for. I always assumed “data dump” or something like.