From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 17851 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2022 14:24:29 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 13 Sep 2022 14:24:29 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9694A4014F; Wed, 14 Sep 2022 00:24:23 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuhs.org; s=dkim; t=1663079063; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references:list-id:list-help:list-owner:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post; bh=j4FU6Oga0m8B08oVdhNY3jFzi6j+/kIo6GLi2+0h6II=; b=S+IqaqytUgrGd3SXv23hqTeWodJWAl26fxKE9N1JggLLfJzH4s/hIluYHXXIk8BAZLLAuF IvCfDXfYJII1qLOmEIkLxRrAdsT1H8nCj7pu88Tf0L1Oj/BNuN7nrKdgna5+w08Y65swjS GLmP1QBsXSfROhOQxBH0Kf9k/U3aJ+s= Received: from uniform.gendns.com (uniform.gendns.com [198.105.219.4]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D03524010C for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2022 00:24:15 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=threedee.com; s=default; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:In-Reply-To :Subject:From:To:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Message-ID:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding :Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=j4FU6Oga0m8B08oVdhNY3jFzi6j+/kIo6GLi2+0h6II=; b=g8B0l9SiM57tBYLNRyHQ5TRceI JMRpFLQ9iNzdVCNVsnGI3sShOdqnatN4+CD0aJL7pBcmKM2OzgiGK5FQpmK1Gv78os3Ls1cKFyXJ3 QktV3PNO2hAQtSnjccZzABrdALrGXMABpW0uJPM3U0BmaLApGlUWYmnwhMRwSEv8TLaG1YTvjE6lg +Ci0NsA2t+TDxhjXHHsn93WeRbqbnLFyY9afNPglumq7zPlP7KexQGjW6lFdfu6WyN1kqh+WUNR72 LbOBSqwkyfcDLVx25gECJ8aeQjA9AZv1QphssovFWFulCwlLfnlqP8Qr/haXO130cZi6o+/Gpi1Sf myeEwCWQ==; Received: from 137-027-093-206.biz.spectrum.com ([137.27.93.206]:59586 helo=ALBA.threedee.com) by uniform.gendns.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1oY6pW-00Fnab-Du for tuhs@tuhs.org; Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:24:10 -0400 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 09:23:58 -0500 To: TUHS main list In-Reply-To: <20220909021227.GZ11929@mcvoy.com> References: <20220909021227.GZ11929@mcvoy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - uniform.gendns.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - tuhs.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - threedee.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: uniform.gendns.com: authenticated_id: jfoust@threedee.com X-Authenticated-Sender: uniform.gendns.com: jfoust@threedee.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Message-ID: <166307905748.2133935.14254031960299534298@minnie.tuhs.org> Message-ID-Hash: DV7MDJIR7XKDBON727IWSOI2KIIXWUOI X-Message-ID-Hash: DV7MDJIR7XKDBON727IWSOI2KIIXWUOI X-MailFrom: jfoust@threedee.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Does anybody know the etymology of the term "word" as in collection of bits? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: From: John Foust via TUHS Reply-To: John Foust At 09:12 PM 9/8/2022, Larry McVoy wrote: >My first job after school, I got to watch Neil toggle in the bootstrap >stuff at the console. He wasn't Seymour but he was very very good. >One of the more substantial people I've ever met, I would guess he >has passed but if he hasn't, he would like this group of people. He passed away in 2007: https://www.msthalloffame.org/neil_robert_lincoln.htm Lincoln died on Jan. 26, 2007, at age 69. He was a member of the American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics and holds nine U.S. patents for computer hardware. He was a Distinguished Lecturer of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers, a National Lecturer of the Association for Computer Machinery and on the Advisory Committee on Science and Technology Centers for the National Science Foundation. - John