K 10 svn:author V 7 trhodes K 8 svn:date V 27 2002-04-15T02:05:06.000000Z K 7 svn:log V 434 a.out.5 states that nobody seems to agree on what bss stands for. This is incorrect, however, as Dennis Ritchie states ``Actually the acronym is "block started by symbol." It was a pseudo-op in FAP (Fortran Assembly Program), an assembler for the IBM machines. It identified its label and set aside space for a given number of words.'' PR: 34088 Submitted by: Martin Faxer MFC after: 2 days END