where does bss come from?

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> 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
> {allegra, fortune, glacier, hplabs, idi, ihnp4, sun}!oliveb!dchen

I always thought it meant "blank storage space".
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