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BSS

Block started by symbol (BSS) was a pseudo-op in FAP (Fortran Assembly Program), the standard IBM assembler for the IBM 704, 709, 7090 and 7094 computers. It defined its label and reserved space for a given number of words.

Most modern assemblers produce a BSS section in their output object module containing all reserved but unitialized space.