whatsis

n : miscellaneous unspecified artifacts; "the trunk was full of

stuff" [syn: {whatchamacallit}, {stuff}, {sundry}, {sundries}]

whatis

1. A {Unix} command which searches for a given string

in the headings of all {man} pages.

2. A command which searches the {archie} {Software Description

Database} for a given string, with case being ignored.

(1995-11-12)