Re: dirty data
From: mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 02:28:45 +0200
Message-ID: <42fd3e9e$0$11075$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>
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> 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.
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 02:28:45 +0200
Message-ID: <42fd3e9e$0$11075$e4fe514c_at_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?
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> 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 Sat Aug 13 2005 - 02:28:45 CEST