Bof

3 definitions found

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  BOF
       Birds Of a Feather (Usenix)
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:



  BOF /B-O-F/ or /bof/ n. 1. [common] Abbreviation for the phrase "Birds
     Of a Feather" (flocking together), an informal discussion group and/or
     bull session scheduled on a conference program. It is not clear where or
     when this term originated, but it is now associated with the USENIX
     conferences for Unix techies and was already established there by 1984.
     It was used earlier than that at DECUS conferences and is reported to
     have been common at SHARE meetings as far back as the early 1960s. 2.
     Acronym, `Beginning of File'.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  BOF
       
          /B-O-F/ or /bof/ 1. {Birds Of a Feather}.
       
          2. Boring Old Fart.
       
          [{Jargon File}]