where does bss come from?

[Dennis Chen]

In article <2627 at burdvax.UUCP> eric at burdvax.UUCP (Eric Marshall) writes:
>
>	Could someone please tell me where the name BSS comes from.
>The comments in /usr/include/a.out.h says that it is uninitialized
>data. What's the connection?
>

The name BSS comes from an assembly pseudo-operator on the IBM 7090
machine, which stands for "Block Started by Symbol".


Dennis Chen @ Olivetti ATC
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