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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>BOF</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bodge.html" title="bodge"/><link rel="next" href="BOFH.html" title="BOFH"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">BOF</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bodge.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BOFH.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="BOF"/><dt xmlns="" id="BOF"><b>BOF</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/B·O·F/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/bof/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [common] Abbreviation for the phrase “<span class="quote">Birds Of a
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Feather</span>” (flocking together), an informal discussion group and/or
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bull session scheduled on a conference program. It is not clear where or
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when this term originated, but it is now associated with the USENIX
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conferences for Unix techies and was already established there by 1984. It
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was used earlier than that at DECUS conferences and is reported to have
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been common at SHARE meetings as far back as the early 1960s.</p></dd><dd><p> 2. Acronym, “<span class="quote">Beginning of File</span>”.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bodge.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BOFH.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bodge </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> BOFH</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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