From:	Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: .bss ?
Date:	Mon, 20 Oct 1997 20:48:07 -0500
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Thomas Demmer wrote:
> 
> bor AT EuropeMail DOT com wrote:
> >
> > I know meaning of:
> >
> >      .text
> >      .data
> >      .stack
> >
> > but what is ".bss" for?
> Block Storage Segment.
> That's where global, uninitialized variables are stored (I think)

I have puzzled over this for a long time.  Until I read [1], where it is
expalined: "Uninitialized data segment.  This segment is often called
the "bss" segment, named after an ancient assembler operator that stood
for "block started by symbol."

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Weiqi Gao
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