Re: Acronyms (was: dirty data (was: The naive test for equality))

On 13 Aug 2005 10:43:42 -0700, "Marshall Spight" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>David Cressey wrote:
>>
>> Then there's PCMCIA, which expands to "People Can't Memorize Computer
>> Industry Acronyms"

     Actually, "Personal Computer Memory Card International Association", but the smart expansion is insidious as it is much more mnemonic.

>My favorite is still TWAIN: "Technology Without An Important Name."

                                                    ^^^^^^^^^
     "Interesting"?

     I like "SCSI" for the pronunciation.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko Received on Tue Aug 16 2005 - 00:00:30 CEST