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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | BOF /B-O-F/ or /bof/ n. 1. [common] Abbreviation for the phrase "Birds Of a Feather" (flocking together), an informal discussion group and/or bull session scheduled on a conference program. It is not clear where or when this term originated, but it is now associated with the USENIX conferences for Unix techies and was already established there by 1984. It was used earlier than that at DECUS conferences and is reported to have been common at SHARE meetings as far back as the early 1960s. 2. Acronym, `Beginning of File'. Source: Jargon File. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The acronym is mostly used by computer geeks.
Do not confuse BOF with BOFH.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "BOF."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BOF | English | British Orienteering Federation | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: BOF |
| Specialty definitions using "BOF": TLAs. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BOF" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (luck), Romany (stove). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Bof... Anatomie d'un livreur (1971) | |
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Music |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bof | 82 |
bof mp3 | 7 |
bof either eof true | 6 |
a.com bof | 4 |
bof scias | 3 |
academy bof | 3 |
been bof current current deleted either eof has operation record record requested requires true | 3 |
bof ryu | 3 |
4 bof | 3 |
bof cote | 2 |
2 bof | 2 |
3 bof | 2 |
bof de | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BOF": boff, boffed, boffin, boffing, boffins, boffo, boffola, boffolas, boffos, boffs. (additional references) | |
Words containing "BOF": ariboflavinoses, ariboflavinosis, riboflavin, riboflavins, ruboff, ruboffs, turbofan, turbofans. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: fob. | |
| Words within the letters "b-f-o" | |
-1 letter: bo, of. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-f-o" | |
+1 letter: boff, fobs, forb. | |
+2 letters: befog, boffo, boffs, buffo, forbs, forby. | |
+3 letters: befogs, befool, before, befoul, behoof, bifold, biform, boffed, boffin, boffos, botfly, bouffe, bowfin, boxful, buffos, confab, flyboy, fobbed, fogbow, foible, forbad, forbid, forbye, foreby, ruboff, sobful. | |
+4 letters: batfowl, beefalo, befools, befouls, bifocal, bigfoot, blowfly, blowoff, boatful, boffing, boffins, boffola, boiloff, bonfire, bookful, bouffes, bowfins, bowlful, boxfish, boxfuls, buffalo, buffoon, confabs, feedbox, fibroid, fibroin, fibroma, fibrous, firebox, flyblow, flyboat, flyboys, fobbing, fogbows, foibles, footboy, forbade, forbear, forbids, forbode, forbore, forebay, forebye, lobefin, offbeat, ruboffs, webfoot, zombify. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 4F 46 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... --- ..-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01001111 01000110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B O F |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 004F 0046 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)364940 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Abbreviations 7. Acronyms 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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