Tom Rhodes 537b182320 a.out.5 states that nobody seems to agree on what bss stands for. This is
incorrect, however, as Dennis Ritchie states ``Actually the acronym is "block
started by symbol."  It was a pseudo-op in FAP (Fortran Assembly Program), an
assembler for the IBM <models> machines.  It identified its label and set
aside space for a given number of words.''

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