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. 

Tradition. 

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