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Quoth Jacob Moody <moody@mail.posixcafe.org>:
> On 8/2/22 11:13, Kurt H Maier wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 02, 2022 at 06:51:05PM +0200, sahu@mailbox.org wrote:
> >>
> >> And since it appears more often in the function, what do "B" (Biobuf, Bfildes, Bterm, ...) and "Q" (Qid) stand for?
> >>
> > 
> > The B functions are buffered i/o; see the bio(2) manpage for more.
> > 
> > I have never heard a convincing theory explaining the selection of Q.
> > 
> > khm
> > 
> 
> My thought has been the Q was for uniQue. But that doesn't
> seem quite right.

Since many of the Unix room staff were either Canadian or
British, I think it stands for Queen's ID.