Linux Command abbreviations

Bin = Binaries
/Dev = Devices
/Etc = etcetera
/Lib = library
/Proc = Processes
/Sbin = superuser Binaries
/Tmp = temporary
/Usr = UNIX shared resources
/Var = variable?
FIFO = first in, first out
Grub = Grand uniied bootloader
Ifs = internal field seperators
Lilo = Linux Loader
MySQL = My is the name of the first author's daughter, SQL = Structured Query Language
PHP = personal home page tools = PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
PS = prompt string
Perl = "pratical extraction and Report Language" = "pathologically eclectic rubbish lister"
Python is named after the TV series Monty Python's flying circus.
TCL = tool command language
TK = Toolkit
Vt = video terminal
YaST = yet another setup Tool
Apache = "a patchy" Server
APT = Advanced Packaging Tool
AR = archiver
As = Explorer
Awk = "Aho Weibo and kernighan" the first letter of the author's surname
Bash = Bourne again shell
BC = Basic (better) Calculator
BG = background
Biff = the author Heidi stettings is a dog in U. C. Berkely. He likes to scream at the postman.
Cal = calendar
Cat = catenate
Cd = change Directory
Chgrp = Change Group
Chmod = Change Mode
Chown = change owner
CHSH = change Shell
CMP = compare
Cobra = Common Object Request Broker Architecture
Comm = Common
CP = copy
Cpio = copy in and out
CPP = C pre Processor
Cron = Chronos Greek time
Cups = Common Unix Printing System
CVS = Current Version System
Daemon = disk and execution Monitor
Dc = desk calculator
Dd = disk dump
DF = Disk Free
Diff = difference
Dmesg = Diagnostic message
Du = disk usage
Ed = Editor
Egrep = extended grep
Elf = extensible linking format
Elm = Electronic Mail
Emacs = editor macros
EVAL = evaluate
Ex = extended
Exec = Execute
FD = file descriptors
Fg = foreground
Fgrep = Fixed grep
FMt = format
Fsck = File System check
Fstab = filesystem table
FVWM = f *** virtual window manager
Gawk = GNU awk
GPG = GNU Privacy Guard
Groff = GNU troff
Hal = hardware prepare action Layer
Joe = Joe's own editor
Ksh = Korn Shell
Lame = lame ain't an MP3 Encoder
Lex = lexical analyser
Lisp = List Processing = lots of irritating superfluous parentheses
Ln = Link
LPR = line print
Ls = List
Lsof = List open files
M4 = macro processor version 4
Man = manual pages
Mawk = Mike Brennan's awk
MC = midnight commander
Mkfs = make filesystem
Mknod = make Node
Motd = message of the day
Mozilla = mosaic Godzilla
Mtab = Mount table
MV = move
Nano = Nano's another Editor
Nawk = new awk
NL = number of lines
Nm = names
Nohup = No hangup
Nroff = new roff
OD = octal dump
Passwd = Password
Pg = Pager
Pico = Pine's message composition Editor
Pine = "program for Internet News & Email" = "Pine is not Elm"
Ping = anthropomorphic and packet Internet Grouper
Pirntcap = printer capability
Popd = pop directory
PR = pre
Printf = print formatted
PS = processes status
Pty = pseudo tty
Pushd = Push directory
Pwd = print working directory
Rc = runcom = Run Command, RC or plan9 Shell
REV = reverse
Rm = remove
Rn = read news
Roff = runoff
Rpm = RPM package manager = RedHat Package Manager
R = remote in RSH, rlogin, and rvim
Rxvt = Our xvt
Seamoneky = me
Sed = stream Editor
SEQ = Sequence
Shar = shell Archive
Slrn = s-lang Rn
SSH = Secure Shell
SSL = Secure Sockets Layer
Stty = set tty
Su = substitute user
SVN = Subversion
Tar = tape archive
Tcsh = tenex C Shell
Tee = T (t-pipe Interface)
Telnet = teminal over network
Termcap = terminal capability
Terminfo = terminal information
The abbreviation of Tex = σ%%%%≈, Greek art
Tr = traslate
Troff = typesetter new roff
Tsort = Topological Sort
Tty = teletypewriter
TWM = Tom's window manager
TZ = timezone
Udev = userspace Dev
Ulimit = user's limit
Umask = user's mask
Uniq = unique
Vi = visual = very inconvenient
Vim = VI improved
Wall = write all
WC = word count
Wine = wine is not an emulator
Xargs = extended arguments
Xdm = X Display Manager
Xlfd = x logical font description
Xmms = x Multimedia System
Xrdb = x Resources Database
Xwd = X Window dump
YACC = yet another compiler Compiler