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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/BOF/ , /bof/ , n. 1. [common] Abbreviation for the phrase Birds Of a
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Feather (flocking together), an informal discussion group and/or bull
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session scheduled on a conference program. It is not clear where or when
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this term originated, but it is now associated with the USENIX conferences
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for Unix techies and was already established there by 1984. It was used
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earlier than that at DECUS conferences and is reported to have been common
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at SHARE meetings as far back as the early 1960s. 2. Acronym, Beginning of
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