(BOF) (From the saying "Birds of a feather flock together") An informal discussion group, scheduled on a conference program or formed ad hoc, to consider a specific issue or subject. It is not clear where or when this term originated, but it is now associated with the ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=USENIX">USENIX conferences for ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Unix">Unix techies and was already established there by 1984. It was used earlier than that at ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=DECUS">DECUS conferences and is reported to have been common at ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=SHARE">SHARE meetings as far back as the early 1960s. (1994-10-11)

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