Terminology: wheel

Polytropon freebsd at edvax.de
Sat May 26 01:59:37 UTC 2012


On Fri, 25 May 2012 21:52:12 -0400, Matthew Story wrote:
> http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_(Unix_term)

Ah, thanks! I hoped there was a more... technical explaination
than just "wheel" being a slang term derivate. :-)

	big wheel (idiomatic)
	A person with a great deal of power or influence,
	especially a high-ranking person in an organization.

slang "big wheel" -> wheel bit -> wheel group


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