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It stands for "Bogdan/Björn's Erlang Abstract Machine" - it is just the name of the VM, much like JVM (Java Virtual Machine). Almost everyone uses "the new BEAM", where BEAM stands for Bogdan/Björn's...

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What does BEAM stand for in iex for the Elixir programming language?

What do the letters B. E. A. and M. stand for? I recall seeing an explanation of the acronym "BEAM", but I have not managed to find it again. It comes up in error codes: ➜ gentoo iex Erlang/OTP 17...

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