From: Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
      
   Michael Sanders  writes:   
   > One of many newbie questions from me... Cant find the info I'm looking for.   
   >   
   > If SIG_IGN is an acronym for signal ignore, then what does DFL mean?   
   > I've know (well I presume) it restores default behavior, but the acronym?   
      
   It never would have occurred to me that SIG_DFL was anything other   
   than an abbreviation for SIGnal_DeFauLt.   
      
   It's clear enough that SIG_ERR means SIGnal_ERRor, and SIG_IGN   
   means SIGnal_IGNore.  SIG_DFL follows the same pattern of SIG_XXX,   
   but doesn't take the first three letters of the word it abbreviates   
   -- probably because DEF suggests "definition" rather than "default".   
      
   There are plenty of cases where C identifiers are abbreviations not   
   taken from the first letters of a word.  See strcmp (STRing CoMPare),   
   sqrt (SQuare RooT), etc.   
      
   (Pedantic quibble: It's not really an acronym, which is a word formed   
   from the initials of several words, like laser, radar, or scuba).   
      
   --   
   Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
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