The name is explained in this comment from the source code: "BassOmatic gets its name from an old Dan Aykroyd Saturday Night Live skit involving a blender and a whole fish. The BassOmatic algorithm does to data what the original BassOmatic did to the fish."
The very first version of PGP included an encryption algorithm, BassOmatic, developed by Zimmermann.
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass is a 1990 album by Bassomatic.
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