On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 16:00, lewiz wrote: > Hi, > > I've been wondering - what does ``root'' stand for? I've just been > doing some calculus as part of my math. homework and I've just written > down ``there are no ``real'' roots'' - is this possibly something to do > with the meaning of ``root'' - i.e. root = answer? Root of the user tree. Root of all users. Root of the machine.
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