Actually, it stood for "Editing MACroS" [1]. There are other expansions though -- see [2] below. [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-faq.html#Origin-o

Actually, it stood for "Editing MACroS" [1]. There are other expansions though -- see [2] below. [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-faq.html#Origin-of-the-term-Emacs http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-faq.html#Origin-of-t... [2] http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/gnuemacs.acro.exp.html http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/gnuemacs.acro.exp.html