APRONYMS BY SEAN LAMB
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AIR (2)Almost Infuriating Redhat Sean Lamb (Air was the codename for Mandrake Linux 7.0)
Computers:Linux
Names:Code Names:Linux
ALADDINAdding Lavish Animation, Disney Does It Now Sean Lamb
Entertainment:Movies
Art & Literature:Fictional Characters
ALBERT EINSTEINA Less-Bearded Enigmatic Researcher Tells Everyone In Natural Science That Everything's Interrelated Naturally Sean Lamb
Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians
AMBERAncient Miniscule Bug's Encased Reliably Sean Lamb
Science:Biology:Plants
Science:Biology:Insects
AMTRAKAnother Metro Train Rolls Along Keenly Sean Lamb (Amtrak is the national passenger carrier of the US)
Commerce:Companies
Transport:Trains
ANSEL ADAMSA Naturalist Shows Everyone Looking At Depictions A Marvelous Scene Sean Lamb (Ansel Adams was best known for his photography of Yosemite National Park in California)
Names:Famous people
APACHEAlways Pretty And Creative Html Everywhere Sean Lamb (Apache is the server software that runs the vast majority of the web)
Computers:Internet
APACHE (2)A Program Answering Comon Http Enquiries Sean Lamb (Apache is the server software that runs the vast majority of web sites)
Computers:Internet
APOLLOAffordably Purchase Our Lovely Linux Offering Sean Lamb (Apollo was the code name for RedHat Linux 5.2)
Computers:Linux
Names:Code Names:Linux
APPALOOSAAMD Processor Portends Affordability Like One Open Source Application Sean Lamb (Appaloosa was AMD's code name for their less-expensive Duron line of processors)
Computers:Generic Hardware
Names:Code Names
APRONYMS SO FARAnother Player Requests Our Newest Yields; May Send Something Oddly Funny And Related Sean Lamb
Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles
ART (2)A Rendered Thought Sean Lamb
Art & Literature
ARTISTAfter Rendering The Image, Sculpture's Touted Sean Lamb
Art & Literature
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
ASTEROIDAnother System That's Engineered Rigorously, Obsolete In Days. Sean Lamb (Asteroid was Microsoft's code name for Windows NT version 5.1)
Names:Code Names:Microsoft
ATLANTIC (2)Apple Tried Locating Another Name That Is Confusing Sean Lamb (Atlantic was Apple's code name for the Apple ][cx)
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
Names:Code Names:Apple
ATLASA Tome Locates A Street Sean Lamb
Places:Navigation Aids
AUTOBAHNApple Uses The Oddest Brands And Humorous Names Sean Lamb (Autobahn was Apple's code name for the PowerMac 9500/150)
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
Names:Code Names:Apple
AVALON (2)Another Venture, Another Loss - Or Not? Sean Lamb (Avalon is Microsoft's code name for the graphics API in Longhorn, but will it succeed?)
Computers:Windows
Names:Code Names:Microsoft
AVALON (3)Advanced Video Api Leads Off .Net Sean Lamb (Avalon is Microsoft's code name for the graphics API in LONGHORN)
Computers:Windows
Names:Code Names:Microsoft
BEOWULFBig Electronic Organisms Will Use Linux, Fool Sean Lamb (who envies the computing power of the big Beowulf clusters that always seem to take on a life of their own)
Computers:Linux
BETA (3)Because Every Test's Affirmative Sean Lamb
Computers
BILLEDBought It, Left Loot, Endured Demands Sean Lamb
Commerce
BILTMOREBecause It's Linux, They Might Open Roughly Everything Sean Lamb (Biltmore was the code name for RedHat Linux 4.2)
Computers:Linux
Names:Code Names:Linux
BING CROSBYBing Is Noted, Great Crooner Relies On Singing. Bababoo? Yes! Sean Lamb (Bing Crosby was known for his crooning singing style that included refrains of "ba-ba-ba-boo" skat lyrics)
Entertainment:Music:Artists
BSDBest System Design Sean Lamb (BSD = Berkeley Software Distribution; a flavor of UNIX written by UC Berkeley that is the basis for FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD among others)
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Computers
BYE FOR NOWBecause You're Especially Forlorn Over Retreating, Never Overemphasize Withdrawals Sean Lamb
Communication:Hello & Goodbye
CABIRCells Affected By Internet Rage Sean Lamb (Cabir is the name of the first worm to infect cell phones)
Communication
CABIR (2)Creating Another Bluetooth Infection Readily Sean Lamb (Cabir is the name of the first worm to infect cell phones via their bluetooth capabilities)
Communication
CAIROCan Another Incarnation Recruit Others? Sean Lamb (Cairo was Microsoft's code name for Windows NT 4.0, which was supposed to get everyone off the Win9x kernel series)
Computers:Windows
CAMELBACKCab's About Middle. Engineer Looks Back And Controls Kettle. Sean Lamb (a camelback locomotive is a steam engine where the control cab is wrapped around the middle of the boiler rather than at the rear end of it; smaller locomotives were also sometimes called 'tea kettles')
Transport:Trains
CANNOT FIND SERVERConnectivity Across Network Nodes Often Tangles Files Innocently Named. Decent Security Ever Requires Vigilance, Especially Remotely Sean Lamb
Computers:Internet
CANVASCreative Artists Need Vacant Art Slates Sean Lamb (most paintings that I've seen are on canvas, after all)
Art & Literature
CARL SAGANCausing Another Ridiculous Law Suit, Apple Grouses Astronomer's Nerve Sean Lamb (Carl Sagan was Apple's code name for the Powermac 7100/66; when Mr. Sagan learned of the code name creation, he sued to prevent it's use within Apple)
Names:Famous people
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
Names:Code Names:Apple
CARPUCrust Accumulates, Residue Piles Up Sean Lamb (Every winter around here, the snow kicked up by car tires collects on fenders and mudflaps. When the snow pile gets heavy enough or if the weather warms up a little, these clumps fall off, making what I call carpu.)
Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words
CLAUDECultured, Learned Artist Understated Details Extensively Sean Lamb (Claude Monet's impressionist works were more noted for their lack of precise detail, presenting just the impression of an image rather than a photorealistic reproduction; Monet studied in Europe with many other well known artists including EugŽne Boudin, Pablo Picasso and Pierre-Auguste Renoir)
Names:Famous people
Art & Literature
COLLECTORCreating One Large Lot, Each Collector Thinks Of Resale Sean Lamb
People & Relationships
COMPILER (2)Compilers Only Make Programs If Libraries Execute Right Sean Lamb
Computers:Programming
CORPORATION (2)Companies Often Report Profits On Retail And Then Insist On Nondisclosure Sean Lamb
Commerce
COUNSELORCourtroom Officer Usually Negates Someone Else's Legal Opinion Resolutely Sean Lamb
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
CZERNYCultural Zenith; Entertainment Really, Not Yodelling Sean Lamb (Karl Czerny was an Austiran composer who studied with Beethoven)
Entertainment:Music:Artists
DARLDoesn't Actually Run Linux Sean Lamb (Referring to Darl McBride, the CEO of SCO)
Names:Famous people
Computers:Linux
DATA CENTRALIZATIONDo All The Acronyms Created Editorially Need To Relate And Lexically Indicate Zero Affiliation To Imagination Or Not? Sean Lamb
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
DEADMAN'S BUTTONDevice Employed As Defensive Mechanism Against Napping Staff By Using The Tension Of Normality Sean Lamb. The Deadman's Button is a device installed in lomotives that must remain depressed by the engineer (usually under his/her foot) to prevent the brakes from being applied; the theory is that if the engineer had a lapse of consciousness (falling asleep, heart attack, whatever), his foot would come off the button, thus applying the brakes.
Transport:Trains
DEBRISDeafening Explosions Bring Residual Incendiary Sediment Sean Lamb (debris is always left over after an explosion, so...)
People & Relationships:Disaster
DEBRIS (2)Destroying Everything Brings Rubble Into Sight Sean Lamb
People & Relationships:Disaster
DEPTH OF FIELDDistinctly Elemental Photographic Technique Helps Offer Fine Focus In Every Little Detail Sean Lamb (beginning photography students learn that a smaller aperture gives a greater depth of field in their photos)
Art & Literature
DESKTOP SUPPORTDoesn't Everyone Seek Knowledge To Operate Personal Systems? Users Persistently Perplex Our Resourceful Technology Sean Lamb
Computers
DICEDeals In Chance Events Sean Lamb
Household Objects
Entertainment:Games
DINODown Is Not Out Sean Lamb, because dinosaurs always tend to be popular with the kids.
Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs
DIPLODOCUSDiplodocus Is Plainly Large. One Dinosaur's Outrageous Corpulence Upsets Scientists. Sean Lamb, because dinosaurs always tend to be popular with the kids.
Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs
DISC (2)Does It Still Compile? Sean Lamb (DISC really means Digital Interactive Systems Corp., a company marketing a new computer-in-a-box gaming console)
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Commerce:Companies
Computers:Games
DOLPHINDo Other Linuxes Pursue Human Interface Niceties? Sean Lamb (Dolphin was the code name for Mandrake Linux 9.0; Mandrake has been known as the "user-friendly" Linux)
Computers:Linux
Names:Code Names:Linux
DRM (3)Doesn't Really Matter Sean Lamb (DRM = Digital Rights Management {Microsoft}; but file sharing will continue after this "feature" is introduced)
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Computers
ECLAIREvery Chomp's Luscious; An Irresistible Recipe! Sean Lamb
Food & Drink
ENIGMAEvery New Iteration Generates More Animosity Sean Lamb (Enigma was the code name for RedHat Linux 7.2)
Computers:Linux
Names:Code Names:Linux
ERIEErie Railroad Is Extinct Sean Lamb (the Erie Railroad, chartered in 1832, ran between New York City and Buffalo (on Lake Erie) until it was merged into the Erie Lackawanna in the 1950s and later Conrail, which has now been split between CSX and Norfolk Southern)
Transport:Trains
EUDORA (2)Eponym's Unpronounceable. Dummies Only Rarely Accurate. Sean Lamb (who has heard too many users say "Endora" when they really mean "Eudora")
Computers:Internet
EVIDENCEEvidence Vindicates Indictment. Defenders Explain Nothing 'Cept Embarrassment. Sean Lamb
People & Relationships:Law & Order
FABROSAURUSFast, Agile Beast Relies On Skillful Adaptation Under Relatively Unfriendly Situations Sean Lamb (Fabrosaurus was a small, bipedal herbivore discovered in Africa that had five fingers on its hands)
Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs
FERRITE COREFew Engineers Realize Ram Is Technology Evolved 'Cause Of Researching Engineers Sean Lamb (who remembers seeing photos of ferrite core memory from his own college days)
Computers:Generic Hardware
FIRST IN LAST OUTFreshmen In Remedial Science Think "I'll Never Learn About Stacks. They're Onerously Unfathomable Today!" Sean Lamb (in computer science, a Stack is a First-In-Last-Out data structure)
Computers:Programming
FLAMESForum Language And Manners Explode Spectaucularly Sean Lamb (who tries to stay out of 'net flame wars)
Communication
FLANFunny-Looking, Aromatic Nourishment Sean Lamb
Food & Drink
FORUMS (3)Found Online, Responses Usually Mean Something Sean Lamb
Computers:Internet
FRENGUELLISAURUSFew Reproductions Exist. Now Generally Unknown, Extremely Large Lizard Is Seen As Unusual Relative. Unknown Size Sean Lamb (Frenguellisaurus is judged to weigh about 770 pounds, based on fossils found so far. However, its exact size isn't very well known, and it's not a name that rolls off the tongue of most schoolchildren)
Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs
FUDGE (2)Fully Unequalled Dessert Generates Ecstasy Sean Lamb (Chocolates are said to have an aphrodisiac effect on some people...)
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
Food & Drink:Confectionery
GEOLOGYGeology Encapsulates One's Learning Of Gneiss Yields Sean Lamb
Science:Geology
GPFGreatly Pooched Files Sean Lamb, referring to the results of a General Protection Fault.
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Computers:Windows
GRADEGenerally Railroads Aren't Deliberately Elevated Sean Lamb (The easiest tracks on which to control trains are perfectly level [with a 0% grade] and perfectly straight)
Transport:Trains
GRAPEGenerally Round And Plump Eats Sean Lamb
Food & Drink
Time:Special Occasions:Christmas
GRAVITHOLUSGenerally Reported Alberta Vertebrate Is This Herbivore. Owns Large, Unusual Skull Sean Lamb (Gravitholus, discovered in Alberta, had a skull that was wider and thicker than others of the same age)
Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs
HAMHoliday-Appearing Meat Sean Lamb
Food & Drink
Time:Special Occasions:Christmas
HAPLOCANTHOSAURUSHuge Animal Probably Lived Off Cuttings And Not Tenderlons. Historically Often Seen Around Utah Region, United States Sean Lamb (Haplocanthosaurus was an herbivore; remains of this species have been found in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah)
Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs
HEDWIGHe'll Eventually Destroy Windows, It's Guaranteed Sean Lamb (Hedwig was the code name for RedHat Linux 6.0)
Computers:Linux
Names:Code Names:Linux
HITACHIHow Is This A Computer-Human Interface? Sean Lamb (Hitachi makes computer monitors...)
Computers:Generic Hardware
HOLOGRAPHYHarnessing One's Laser, One Generates Really Artistic, Pleasing Holograms, Yes? Sean Lamb
Art & Literature
Science:Physics
HONORHow Others Note One's Respect Sean Lamb
People & Relationships
HOTMAILHow One Tells Microsoft Administration Is Lacking Sean Lamb
Computers:Internet
HOWIEHumorous One Was Improvisational Entertainer Sean Lamb (Howie Mandel is a comic who is pretty good at improvisation)
Names:Famous people
Entertainment
HURRICANEHurry Up Redhat, Redmond Is Continuing Adding New Enhancements Sean Lamb (Hurricane was the code name for RedHat Linux 5.0)
Computers:Linux
Names:Code Names:Linux
HYDRAHow You Define Reboots Again Sean Lamb (Hydra was Microsoft's code name for Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition; MS servers always seem to need a reboot...)
Names:Code Names:Microsoft
ICON (2)Image Connoting One's Notions Sean Lamb
Art & Literature
IKEBANAIt's Kado. Eclectic Botany, Artful New Arrangements Sean Lamb (Ikebana, also known as Kado, is the ancient Japanese art of formal floral arrangement)
Art & Literature
ILLINOIS CENTRALIt's Like Long In New Orleans Is Sighing. Canadian Equipment, New Trains Running Around Louisiana Sean Lamb (Huey Long was governor of Louisiana earlier in the 20th century, and the Illinois Central, now owned by Canadian National, was well-known for the passenger train "The City of New Orleans" [remember the song made famous by Arlo Guthrie?])
Transport:Trains
INDIGOIt Never Did Integrate Global Objects Sean Lamb (Indigo is Microsoft's code name for the .NET communication technologies)
Computers:Windows
Names:Code Names:Microsoft
INSIt's Now Security Sean Lamb (INS was the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the US until it merged into the DHS [Department of Homeland Security])
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
People & Relationships:Law & Order
IRSIncome Retrieval Service Sean Lamb (who just finished filing his 2003 tax return)
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Commerce
ISAACIllustrious Scifi Author's Always Creative Sean Lamb (that's Isaac as in Isaac Asimov, of course)
Art & Literature:Writers
IT IS HOT OUTI Think It's So Hot Out That Our Underwear's Tropical Sean Lamb (I am reminded of the scene in "Good Morning Viet Nam" where Robin Williams is telling his radio listeners how hot it was that day)
Science:Meteorology
IZZARDIt's Zed. Zounds! Apronyms Rarely Disappoint! Sean Lamb (dictionary.com defines izzard simply as "The letter z.")
Science:Linguistics
JAXARTOSAURUSJust Another Xenomorph, A Reptile That Once Saw Action Under Roughly Ukranian Skies Sean Lamb (My dictionary defines xenomorph as a space alien, and some have theorized that dinos were originally aliens, so... Jaxartosaurus was first discovered in Kazakhstan; it may not be the Ukraine, but it's a lot closer to there than Utah)
Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs
JOYSTICKJust One Young Student That Is Controlling Kicks Sean Lamb (who spent many an evening in the college computer lab playing games)
Computers:Generic Hardware
JPEGJuxtapositioned Pixels Emulate Graphics Sean Lamb (JPEG = Joint Photographic Experts Group)
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Computers
KARMA (2)Karmas Are Radical Music Appliances Sean Lamb (who has a Rio Karma on his wish list).
Entertainment:Music
Science:Electronics
KEBABKreative Eats, Beef And Barbecue Sean Lamb
Food & Drink
KETTLEKeeping Engineers Tooting Their Little Engines Sean Lamb - A kettle (an abbreviation of tea-kettle) refers to any very small steam locomotive, usually one without a tender.
Transport:Trains
KINKid's Into Naughtiness Sean Lamb
People & Relationships:Family
KIN (2)Kinship Is Necessary Sean Lamb
People & Relationships:Family
KOPERNICUSKde Out-Performs Everything Rendering New Internet Connections Useful, Surely Sean Lamb (Kopernicus was the code name for KDE version 2.0)
Computers:Linux
Names:Code Names:Linux
KORGOKeyboard Output Recorder Generates Opening Sean Lamb (Korgo is the name of a new worm that exploits a hole in Windows security and installs a keylogger, sending the keystrokes to a remote, malicious computer)
Computers:Windows
LEEKLet's Eat Everything, 'Kay? Sean Lamb
Food & Drink
LESOTHOSAURUSLight, Extra Small One That Had Open Skeleton And Usually Ran Under Shrubs Sean Lamb (DinoDictionary says that this small dino 'was probably an agile, two-legged runner based on slender, hollow, thin walled bones, a light skull with many openings, a short neck and forelimbs and the absence of armor.')
Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs
LONGHORNLate Or Not, Gates Holds Out. Releases Nothing Sean Lamb (the next version of Microsoft Windows, codenamed Longhorn, has now been delayed until 2006).
Computers:Windows
Names:Code Names:Microsoft

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