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Computing Acronyms
Ever wondered what some of those computing acronyms actually stand for?
- PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
- WWW - World Wide Wait
- ISDN - It Still Does Nothing
- MACINTOSH - Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs
- WINDOWS: Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
- APPLE - Arrogance Produces Profit Losing Entity
- SCSI - System Can't See It
- DOS - Defunct Operating System
- BASIC - Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control
- IBM - I Blame Microsoft
- IBM - Its Better Manually
- DEC - Do Expect Cuts
- CD-ROM - Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months
- OS/2 - Obsolete Soon, Too
- NTSC - Never Twice the Same Colour
- NTSC - Never The Same Colour twice
Ahh how quickly these dated. And yet the sentiments remain... -h
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