Glossary

C

COMND
COMND is a JSYS, Jump to SYStem, what we now call a System Call, which would define how the program would handle the line parameters, with the help of completion and guide words. Unix replacedRead the TOPS20 manual for more.
ref.: http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp10/TOPS20/V7/JSYS_REFERENCE.MEM.txt

H

History
Any event (interupt, trap, power failure, etc.) raised after January 1 1070.

P

Pink Floyd
   You like it or you hate it, one of the best music band of the century.

REPL

Stands for Read Eval Print Loop. This is how interpreters work :the read from the input, evaluate it, print something, and start again with the next line or expression.

U

UUOC
Useless Use Of Cat. e.g. cat foo | grep bar. See the Useless Use Of Cat Award at http://porkmail.org/era/unix/award.html