Expansion of the acronym "grep"

[Richard Meesters]

In article <8170003 at hpfcdq.HP.COM>, benji at hpfcdq.HP.COM (Jeff Benjamin) writes:
> > What is the correct expansion of the acronym "grep"? I'm told that this
> 
> I have heard that "grep" stands for "general regular expression parser."

I thought it stood for "global regular expression parser".

Regards,
Richard Meesters