BIFF

v. hit, strike

n. punch, hit, blow

This article is about the UNIX program. For other meanings, see Biff (disambiguation) biff is a mail notification system for UNIX.
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"BIFF" redirects here. This article is about the festival. For the internet phenomenon, see B1FF. For other uses, see Biff (disambiguation). The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the "" (in reference to the Biennale at Venice), ranks alongside Venice and Cannes as Europe's leading film festival. It is the film festival with most visitors (admissions) worldwide. It is held annually in February (in 2007 from 8 February until 18 February) and has been held since 1951. The jury places special emphasis on representing films from all over the world. The awards are called the Golden and Silver Bears (the Bear is the symbol of Berlin).
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Noun
1. (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"
(synonym) punch, clout, poke, lick
(hypernym) blow
(hyponym) counterpunch, parry, counter
(derivation) pummel, pommel
(classification) boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs
Verb
1. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"
(synonym) pummel, pommel
(hypernym) hit
(derivation) punch, clout, poke, lick

/bif/ (Or "B1FF", from Usenet) The most famous pseudo, and the prototypical newbie. Articles from BIFF are characterised by all uppercase letters sprinkled liberally with bangs, typos, "cute" misspellings (EVRY BUDY LUVS GOOD OLD BIFF CUZ HE'S A K00L DOOD AN HE RITES REEL AWESUM THINGZ IN CAPITULL LETTRS LIKE THIS!!!), use (and often misuse) of fragments of chat abbreviations, a long sig block (sometimes even a doubled sig), and unbounded naivete. BIFF posts articles using his elder brother's VIC-20. BIFF's location is a mystery, as his articles appear to come from a variety of sites. However, BITNET seems to be the most frequent origin. The theory that BIFF is a denizen of BITNET is supported by BIFF's (unfortunately invalid) electronic mail address: BIFF@BIT.NET.
[1993: Now It Can Be Told! My spies inform me that BIFF was originally created by Joe Talmadge jat@cup.hp.com, also the author of the infamous and much-plagiarised "Flamer's Bible". The BIFF filter he wrote was later passed to Richard Sexton, who posted BIFFisms much more widely. Versions have since been posted for the amusement of the net at large. - ESR]
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/bif/ 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 (it had a well-known habit of barking whenever the mailman came). No relation to BIFF.
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Backhoe Induced Fiber Failure :-)  For more possible definitions for BIFF, click here
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