Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Bell Laboratories
     
        One of {AT&T}'s research sites, in Murray Hill, New Jersey,
        USA.  It was the birthplace of the {transistor}, {Unix}, {C}
        and {C++} and the current home of research on {Plan 9} and
        {ODE}.
     
        {AT&T Research (http://www.research.att.com/)}.
     
        {(ftp://ftp.research.att.com/)}.
     
        {netlib} sources {(ftp://netlib.att.com)}.
     
        (1994-11-17)