> I've been sitting on this question for years, hoping I'd come across the
> answer, and I STILL don't know what the "i" is short for. Somebody here has
> got to know this. :)
The man himself answers... but you probably won't like it :-)
http://www.roesler-ac.de/wolfram/acro/credits.htm#12
The meaning of the i in i-node
From: [email protected] (Dennis M. Ritchie)
To: [email protected]
Date: 06 Apr 2001
I don't remember the discussion, but probably "index".
I can't recall a time when it was expanded out. The
name was always just i-node.