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authorThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2008-11-05 09:30:58 +0100
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+<TITLE>What the name Hurd means - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)</TITLE>
+<LINK REV="made" HREF="mailto:web-hurd@gnu.org">
+</HEAD>
+<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#1F00FF" ALINK="#FF0000" VLINK="#9900DD">
+<H3>What the name ``Hurd'' means</H3>
+<A HREF="/graphics/hurd_sm_mf.jpg"><IMG SRC="/graphics/hurd_sm_mf.jpg"
+ ALT=" [image of a Hurd Metafont Logo] "
+ WIDTH="333" HEIGHT="80">&#32;(jpeg 10k)</A>
+<A HREF="/graphics/hurd_mf.jpg">(jpeg 20k)</A>
+<A HREF="/philosophy/gif.html">no gifs due to patent problems</A>
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+<P>
+
+"Hurd" stands for "Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons".
+And, then, "Hird" stands for "Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth".
+
+<P>
+
+We have here, to my knowledge, the first software to be named by a
+pair of mutually recursive acronyms.
+
+<P>
+
+---Thomas (formerly Michael I.) Bushnell
+
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