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A-Shell Consolidated Reference

This option stands for "COMMON Non Destructive Read". Normally, a read operation in the COMMON subroutine destroys the packet, requiring it to be rewritten before it can be read again. However, some developers apparently got their hands on a version of COMMON, in days of yore, which did not have this unfortunate characteristic, and thus were eternally grateful for the addition of this sensible option.