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Re:Why is there a “V” in SIGSEGV Segmentation Fault? by cesarb on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:21PM (#23565308)
> Also, when creating abbreviations, it feels weird to create one that is only one letter shorter than the full version.

This is Unix, which gave us the "creat" system call (an abbreviation of "create"). https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/creat.2.html

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Re:Why is there a “V” in SIGSEGV Segmentation Fault? by rkeene2 on Thursday June 18, 2020 @10:56PM (#23570520)
If it makes you feel any better, the creators of UNIX regrets this.

> Ken Thompson was once asked what he would do differently if he were redesigning the UNIX system. His reply: "I'd spell creat with an e."; Kernighan, Brian W.; Pike, Rob (1984). The UNIX programming environment. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0139376992. OCLC 10269821., p. 204.

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