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Re: OT: Acronym
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Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 13 May 2003 17:35:21 EDT
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Bruce writes:

> I always thought it was
>
>  Basic All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
>
>  I believe I heard it from the man himself, John Kemeney.

Close. It's "Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code." It was
originally designed as an instructional language but was soon picked up in
the engineering community as a very simple but powerful method to program
instruments, calculators and controllers.

Wirt Atmar

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