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-<!-- =defdoc xpaname xpaname n -->
-<HTML>
-<HEAD>
-<TITLE>What does XPA stand for?</TITLE>
-</HEAD>
-<BODY>
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-<!-- =section xpaname NAME -->
-<H2><A NAME="xpaname">XPAName: What does XPA stand for?</A></H2>
-
-<!-- =section xpaname SYNOPSIS -->
-<H2>Summary</H2>
-<P>
-What does XPA stand for? Who knows anymore!
-
-<!-- =section xpaname DESCRIPTION -->
-<H2>Description</H2>
-<P>
-What does XPA stand for? Dunno! The XPA messaging system originally
-was built on top of the X Window System and XPA was the mnemonic for
-<EM>X Public Access</EM>, to emphasize that we were providing public
-access to previously private data and algorithms in Xt programs. Now
-that XPA no longer is tied to X, it can be argued that we ought to
-change the name (how about <EM>SPAM: simple public access mechanism
-</EM>), but XPA is in wide-spread use in the astronomical community of
-its birth, and the name has taken on a life of its own. If anyone can
-think of what XPA now means, please let us know.
-
-<P>
-If you think this is bad, consider the MMT Telescope on Mount Hopkins,
-Arizona. When first installed twenty years ago, it featured an array
-of six 72-inch diameter mirrors. from which came its name: the
-<EM>Multiple Mirror Telescope</EM>. In spring of 1999, these mirrors
-were replaced by a single 21 and 1/2 -foot diameter primary mirror,
-the largest single-piece glass reflector on the North American
-continent. And now MMT stands for ... MMT!
-
-<!-- =section xpaname SEE ALSO -->
-<!-- =text See xpa(n) for a list of XPA help pages -->
-<!-- =stop -->
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-<P>
-<A HREF="./help.html">Go to XPA Help Index</A>
-
-<H5>Last updated: September 10, 2003</H5>
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-</HTML>
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