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Dave
Asked: 2010-09-24 01:30:05 +0800 CST

SQL Server Orthography

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I notice that most of the Microsoft SQL Server installations have a 'Binn' folder, e.g.

\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn

This has always bugged me. Is this merely a misspelled abbreviation for binary? Perhaps it is related to the village in the Swiss Alps? Any ideas? :)

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    The BINN directory was originally for the 32bit utilities and the BIN directory was for 16bit utilities.

    Microsoft is slowly reclaiming the BIN directory though.

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