Origin and meaning of 'rc' for config files?

[Fabrice Le Metayer]

In article <1989Sep14.213204.6618 at nueces.cactus.org> chari at nueces.UUCP (Christopher M. Whatley) writes:
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>Well, what is the origin and meaning of 'rc' like newsrc, kermrc etc...
>The only thing I can thing of is 'restore configuration'.

Think "Run, Command, Run!..."

:-)

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