[X4U] mds

[Eddie Hargreaves]

Because it is a Unix process, not a Mac application. Most Unix processes are
named as short as possible in order to reduce the amount of typing that
needs to occur. Thus, Œsuperuser do¹ is shortened to Œsudo¹ and Œchange
directory¹ is Œcd¹


On 8/19/05 6:01 AM, Michael Elliott <michaelelliott at mac.com> wrote:

> I'm curious...why name a process cryptically?  I mean, I've got "DragThing",
> AutoSync, DiskManage, Terminal, etc all running as processes.  Why not
> "MetaDataSearch"?
> 
> Michael
> 
> On Aug 17, 2005, at 12:15 PM, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:
> 
>> It is one of Spotlight's processes. I believe it stands for MetaData Search.