Re: dirty data

From: mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 02:28:45 +0200
Message-ID: <42fd3e9e$0$11075$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> mAsterdam wrote:

>>Gene Wirchenko wrote:


> [snip]

>>>     One area of confusion we have is because of overloading.  We use
>>>"client" to mean someone who buys from us (mainly services, for
>>>example order fulfillment) and "customer" to refer to someone who buys
>>>from one of our clients.  Some of our employees do not make the proper
>>>(for us) distinction.
>>
>>You know what CICS stands for?

>
>
> I do not presume to know what an acronym stands for when
> expressed out of context. http://www.acronyms.ch/ says "Customer
> Information Control System", but this is not a definition, but merely
> an expansion, and I do not know if it is the one that you are thinking
> of.

Oops. I was told it originally meant
"Customer Information and Client Support". The only piece ever really built was the TP-monitor - but the acronym stuck as the name.
I liked the story. I never checked it though, and now I can't find any source for it. Sorry.

>
> "IDE" can mean "Integrated Development Environment" or
> "Integrated Device Electronics", and formerly meant "Integrated Drive
> Electronics". As a software sort who know some hardware, I can easily
> use either.
Received on Fri Aug 12 2005 - 19:28:45 CDT