nm代表什么？

Question

The linux command line program nm , lists symbols from object files.
But what does nm actually stand for?

I couldn't find it anywhere in documentation.
Does it mean "name mangle"?

Answer 1

It's an abbreviation for "names" or "name list".

Nm prints the name list (symbol table) of each object file in the argument list.

( V7 Unix manual , 1979)