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Re:Facebook open-sources new suite of Linux kernel component... by wgjordan on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @03:31PM (#18340495)
> butterFS = btrfs, the filesystem. People often call it butterFS in conversation, even though the btr stands for b-tree.

This isn't a common spelling for Btrfs, and just added confusion for me since I didn't immediately follow the reference in your original comment (I assumed it was something new). It may be a common spoken pronunciation but writing 'butterFS' in a forum comment is more characters/keystrokes than 'btrfs', so I'd consider it a typo/error to be corrected rather than a technical abbreviation to be defined.

Re:Facebook open-sources new suite of Linux kernel component... by ilovecaching on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @03:33PM (#18340513)
I did it because I think it's funny.
Re:Facebook open-sources new suite of Linux kernel component... by Zhyl on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @05:26PM (#18341420)
I can't believe it's not butterFS
Re:Facebook open-sources new suite of Linux kernel component... by type0 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @02:47PM (#18348267)
I usually pronounce it as betterFS, which perfectly describes it :-)