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A List of Acronyms

My Constantly-Updated (hopefully) List of Acronyms:

(feel free to add)

PCMCIA = People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
RAID = Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
TWAIN = Technology Without An Interesting Name

cscgal
The Queen of DaniWeb
Administrator
19,421 posts since Feb 2002
Reputation Points: 1,474
Solved Threads: 229
 

MIPS = meaningless indication of processor speed

cscgal
The Queen of DaniWeb
Administrator
19,421 posts since Feb 2002
Reputation Points: 1,474
Solved Threads: 229
 

DANI = Data Access of Nerdy Information

samaru
a.k.a inscissor
Team Colleague
1,256 posts since Feb 2002
Reputation Points: 262
Solved Threads: 18
 

NTSC: Never Twice the Same Colour

whipaway
Junior Poster
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124 posts since Feb 2002
Reputation Points: 15
Solved Threads: 2
 

People
Code
More
Krap

..okay, i cheated.

FYI PCMK really means PC Mod Kingdom

Tekmaven
Software Architect
Moderator
1,274 posts since Feb 2002
Reputation Points: 322
Solved Threads: 28
 

Found
On
Road
Dead

....Ooops, wrong forum... ;-)

aeinstein
Team Member - aka kaynine
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645 posts since May 2002
Reputation Points: 186
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root
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106 posts since May 2003
Reputation Points: 13
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