biff

	This is the JargonFile ^(V4.00) entry for biff - Next: Big Gray Wall, Prev: B1FF
:biff: /bif/ /vt./ To notify someone of incoming mail. From the BSD utility biff(1), which was in turn named after a friendly golden Labrador who used to chase frisbees in the halls at UCB while 4.2BSD was in development. There was a legend that it had a habit of barking whenever the mailman came, but the author of biff says this is not true. No relation to B1FF.
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