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| NET | Now Everyone's Thieves |
Sean Lamb (NET, in this reference, is the acronym given by the US Congress to the No Electronic Theft Act, which is supposed to simplify criminal prosecution for distributing proprietary files online) Computers:Internet Computers:Internet People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| NIC | Nasty Internal Cuts |
Jeff Anonymous, explaining why not to eat a Network Interface Card Computers:Do Not Eat Computers:Do Not Eat |
| NTFS | Not Trustworthy, Format Soon! |
Kuroneko, discussing the correct expansion of NTFS, which usually stands for New Technology File System. Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| NTFS (2) | Never The File Saved |
Chaironeko, discussing the correct expansion of NTFS, which usually stands for New Technology File System. Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| NZ | 'Nother Zone |
Jeff Anonymous, noticing that in New Zealand's timezone it was already Halloween. Places:Countries Places:Countries |
| OA | Over-Ate |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to Overeaters Anonymous) Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| OBE | 'Onoured By Elizabeth! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (OBE actually stands for Order of the British Empire) |
| OCR | 'Ow Computers Read |
Angela Brett (OCR usually stands for Optical Character Recognition) Computers Computers |
| OCR (2) | Our Computer 'Reads' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see OCR) Computers Computers |
| ODBC | One Doesn't Buy Connectivity |
Sean Lamb (ODBC usually stands for Open Database Connectivity) Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| OOP | One Odious Paradigm |
Sean Lamb (OOP = Object Oriented Programming) Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| OOP (2) | Outperforming Older Programs |
Sean Lamb (OOP = Object Oriented Programming) Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| OSH | One Sore Hand |
Angela Brett (someone from Occupational Safety & Health came to my work to look at people's workstations and tell us how to reduce the risk of OOS. After following her directions on how to use the mouse for the rest of the day, I had a sore wrist.) People & Relationships:The Workforce People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| OSH (2) | Only Sarcastically 'Helpful' |
Angela Brett |
| PAL | Peace At Last |
unknown origin - actually stands for Phase Alteration Line. Referring to the US/Europe TV standards war. |
| PC | Plastic Crap |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| PC (2) | Pathetic Creation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| PC (3) | Passable Calculators |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| PC (4) | Poor Compromises |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| PC (5) | Piss Can |
Dustan Dowsing Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| PC (6) | Please Crush! |
Steve Keate Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| PC (7) | Persistently Crashes |
Angela Brett Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| PCI-E | Purchasing Computers In Excess |
Sean Lamb (PCI-E is an acronym for a new graphics bus, the PCI Express; it may launch a wave of new computer purchases) Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| PCMCIA | People Can't Memorise Conputer Industry Acronyms. |
Acronymious Anonymous. (PCMCIA actually stands for Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, but nobody can ever remember that!) |
| PDA | Pointer Directs Actions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (PDA usually stands for Personal Digital Assistant) Computers Computers |
| PH.D. | Pathetically Haughty Dunce |
Carl Brett Education:Qualifications Education:Qualifications |
| PMS (2) | Pardon My Snippiness |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to PMS Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| PMS (3) | Pleasantness's Mighty Scarce |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to PMS Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| PMS (5) | Pugnaciousness's My Speciality |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to PMS Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| PMS (6) | Pretty Mean Sir! |
wishes, in response to Tony's PMS (2) and others. |
| POP | Porn's Offered Plentifully |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, of Post Office Protocol. (I get more junk mail than stuff I want to read) Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| POP (2) | Prolong One's Penis |
Angela Brett, in response to POP, as many spam offers to do just that. Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| PPC | Productive Processor Cycles |
Angela Brett, because PowerPCs and other RISC chips are generally faster per MHz than CISC chips. Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| PPC (2) | Performance-Per-Cycle |
Angela Brett Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| PPC (4) | Petite Power Consumption |
Angela Brett Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| PVC | Pretty Vulgar Clothing |
Angela Brett (PVC usually stands for Poly-Vinyl Chloride) Household Objects:Clothing Household Objects:Clothing |
| PVC (2) | Perfectly Viable Clothing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Clothing Household Objects:Clothing |
| QA | Quirky A**holes |
Jeff Anonymous, in reference to the many failures that go on in Quality Assurance |
| QA (2) | Quietly Authoritative |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who finds the folk at Quality Assurance to be humble, efficient and reliable. |
| QA (3) | Quaintly Antiquated |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, because there may be someone who will say that they are working with outdated techniques and that they are actually 'quirky' as Jeff says. |
| QA (4) | Quick Approval |
Angela Brett, who thinks that the Quality Assurance people might occasionally not bother to run thorough tests. |
| QA (5) | Questionable Authority |
Susan S. |
| QIC | Quirky Information Cabinet |
Sean Lamb (QIC is really Quarter-Inch Cartridge, one size class of backup tape cartridge; multiple uses causes corruption on the tape) Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| QY | Questioning You |
Jan Morgan (QY usually means 'query') Communication Communication |
| RADAR | Remote Aircraft Detected Along Radius |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (RADAR actually stands for RAdio Detection And Ranging) Science:Electronics Science:Electronics |
| RAM | Rudely Affects Middle |
Jeff Anonymous, explaining that eating random access memory may cause stomach cramps. Computers:Do Not Eat Computers:Do Not Eat |
| RCMP | Rixes Care; McCop Provokes. |
Rob Rix - Responding to Tony "McCop" O'Grady's explanation for ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| REM | Resoundingly Evocative Musicians |
Eric Bridgstock Entertainment:Music:Artists Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| RSH | Real Security Hole |
The rsh (Remote SHell) daemon is one of the system processes that is often compromised for server hacks. Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| RSVP | Reply Soon Via Phone/Post |
Angela Brett (RSVP usually stands for Respondez S'il Vous Plait) Communication Communication |
| RSVP (2) | Replying Seems Very Polite |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see RSVP) Communication Communication |
| SA | Saith Art! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SARS | Suddenly Airway's Restricted Somewhat |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| SARS (3) | Stop Agent's Rapid Spread! |
Angela Brett, referring to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| SARS (4) | Scientists Are Rapidly Strategising |
Angela Brett, referring to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| SCUBA | Suffocation Can Usually Be Avoided. |
Angela Brett (SCUBA actually stands for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| SCUBA (2) | Seawater Can't Usually Be Aspirated |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| SETI | Spread Ears Toward Infinity |
Angela Brett (SETI usually stands for the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy |
| SETI (2) | Some Expect Tiny Irishmen |
Angela Brett, referring to 'little green men' (see SETI) Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy |
| SETI (3) | Spacemen Everywhere Tune In |
Angela Brett (see SETI) Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy |
| SETI (4) | Sentience: Earthbound? The Investigation |
Angela Brett (see SETI) Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy |
| SETI (5) | Seek E. T's Integers |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see SETI) Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy |
| SLIP | Sending Little Internet Packets |
Sean Lamb (SLIP = Serial Line Internet Protocol) Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| SMTP | Shove Mail Through Postbox |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (SMTP usually stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| SMTP (2) | Server Mauled The Postie? |
Angela Brett, thinking especially of an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server running Yellow Dog Linux, since SMTP is sort of like a postman, and posties often get mauled by dogs. Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| SMTP (3) | Send Messages To People |
Angela Brett (SMTP usually stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| SOAP (3) | Some Obfuscated Access Paradigm |
Sean Lamb (SOAP = Simple Object Access Protocol; it's not nearly so straightforward as it sounds if you're not programming with the Micros~1 libraries) Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| SSH | Superb System Handler |
Jeff Anonymous (SSH usually stands for Secure Shell) Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| STD | See Telephone Directory |
Angela Brett (STD usually stands for Subscriber Trunk Dialling) Communication Communication |
| UA | Urky Acronymist? |
Jeff Anonymous, noting that whoever decided that the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (shouldn't that be the UAJAPPFIUSC?) should be called the UA must not be the greatest master of acronyms. |
| UA (2) | Undersized Acronym |
Angela Brett (see UA) |
| UA (3) | Unskilled Acronymist. |
Jeff Anonymous and Angela Brett (see UA) |
| UA (4) | Unexplicably Axed |
Jeff Anonymous, since it seems they cut off a bunch of letters. (see UA) |
| UAJAPPFIUSC | Urky Acronymists, Jeff Amends "Putzheads, Purely & Factually." I Understand Some Criticism. |
Jeff Anonymous (see UA) |
| UDE | Ultimate Deceleration Event |
Sean Lamb (UDE is a railroad acronym for UnDesired Emergency, as in an event where the brake system on a train is set to the "Emergency" setting, bringing the train to a stop as absolutely soon as possible. Most often a train is set into Emergency when a car is stopped on a railroad crossing or desides to drive around the gates; engineers in this situation are normally granted a psychological leave for a short period.) Transport:Trains Transport:Trains |
| UIFSA | Ultimatum Insures Families Secure Alimony |
Sean Lamb - UIFSA really stands for the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, an act that will enable the state that issues the first support order to have jusrisdiction over the payor (sic) regardless of which state the payor resides in. I used 'Families' instead of 'Fathers' because there are quite a few deadbeat moms out there with the deadbeat dads (growing up with a father prosecuting child support cases taught me that lawbreaking is an 'equal opportunity employer'). People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Family People & Relationships:Family |
| UNESCO | Usefully Now Enables Spreading Cultures Overseas |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (UNESCO actually stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) |
| UNICEF | Usually Needed If Children Endure Famine |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (UNICEF actually stands for United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) |
| UPS | Ugh, Pierced Stomach. |
Jeff Anonymous (UPS=Uninterruptable Power Supply) Computers:Do Not Eat Computers:Do Not Eat |
| UPS (2) | Uplift Packages Slowly |
Jeff Anonymous, displeased because the United Parcel Service man dropped his computer in the front yard... but it works just the same, despite a rather odd clicking sometimes coming from the fan. |
| URL | Unintelligible Random Letters |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (URL usually stands for Uniform Resource Locator) Computers:Internet:URLs Computers:Internet:URLs |
| USA PATRIOT | Using Superior Armed Power, America Threatens Recalcitrant Individuals Opposing Them |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - see CLIMATE VISION Military Military |
| USB | Users Sadly Blush |
Jeff Anonymous, saying, 'There must be a few Univeral Serial Bus users who are ashamed of it... afraid their friends will torture them for playing with the idea that serial might be dead.' Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| USB (2) | Useful, Since Bondi |
Angela Brett, since there were hardly any USB peripherals available until Apple introduced the bondi blue iMac, which had a USB port. Computers Computers |
| USL | Uneducated Sco Lackeys |
Sean Lamb (SCO, which is suing IBM over code they claim to have copied from Unix into Linux, filed for the Unix Systems Laboratories trademark). Computers:Linux Computers:Linux |
| USL (2) | Using Stupid Lawyers |
Sean Lamb (SCO, which is suing IBM over code they claim to have copied from Unix into Linux, filed for the Unix Systems Laboratories trademark). Computers:Linux Computers:Linux |
| VA | Vocally Aardvarkoid |
Jeff Anonymous, as a play of VA for Voice Actor. Entertainment Entertainment |
| VCD | Veins, Capillaries Damaged. |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat Computers:Do Not Eat |
| VFAT | Verily, Files Are Truncated |
Sean Lamb (VFAT = Virtual File Allocation Table; the filesystem type that Windows 98 uses) Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| WINFS | Well, It's Not Fail Safe |
Sean Lamb (WinFS is yet another Microsoft acronym [a Micronym?] for WINdows Future Storage, which was originally planned to be included in the upcoming Longhorn release) Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| WIX | Will It Xtinguish? |
Sean Lamb (WiX really means Windows Installer Xml; Microsoft's latest attempt to "embrace and extend" XML) Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| WMS | What, More Spam!? |
Sean Lamb (WMS really means Windows Messenger Service) Computers:Windows:Applications Computers:Windows:Applications |
| WMS (2) | Windows Marginalizes Security |
Sean Lamb (WMS really means Windows Messenger Service) Computers:Windows:Applications Computers:Windows:Applications |
| WMV | Watch My Video |
WMV usually stands for Windows Media Video Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| WMV (2) | Will Monopolize Videos |
WMV usually stands for Windows Media Video Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| WMV (3) | Windows Mangles Videos |
WMV usually stands for Windows Media Video Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| WMV (4) | Worst Movie Viewer |
WMV usually stands for Windows Media Video Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| WTC | War? Terrorism? Crime? |
Jeff Anonymous (given the lack of a proper term to describe the September 11, 2001, tragedy in New York City, resulting in the destruction of the World Trade Center) Places:Buildings Places:Buildings Military:War & Terrorism Military:War & Terrorism |
| WTC (2) | What Treacherous Conniving? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Buildings Places:Buildings Military:War & Terrorism Military:War & Terrorism |
| WTC (3) | War Traumatises Civilians! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Buildings Places:Buildings Military:War & Terrorism Military:War & Terrorism |
| WTC (4) | When Terrorists Conspire! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Buildings Places:Buildings Military:War & Terrorism Military:War & Terrorism |
| WTC (5) | Watch Them Collapse |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who apologises for the bad taste. Places:Buildings Places:Buildings Military:War & Terrorism Military:War & Terrorism |
| WTC (6) | Will Terrorists Cry? |
Jeff Anonymous Places:Buildings Places:Buildings Military:War & Terrorism Military:War & Terrorism |
| WWDC | Where We Demonstrate Code |
Angela Brett (WWDC usually stands for Worldwide Developers Conference -- see http://apple.com/wwdc) Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| YAST | You Are Susefied Today |
Sean Lamb (YaST really means Yet Another Setup Tool, which is used to install SuSE Linux) Computers:Linux Computers:Linux |
| ZIFF | Zero Insertion Fun, Frankly! |
Duncan Smith, in response to an unsuccessful search. According to acronymfinder.com ZIFF means Zero Insert Force Field - Duncan explains: ZIFF means Zero Insertion Force. I think that the extra F is a typo or a joke, becuase I have never seen it before. ZIF means Zero Insertion Force, which is a name for a type of CPU socket which, logically enough, allows you to insert the CPU into the socket with a lever instead of pushing and bending pins. Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| ZZV | Zanesville's Zlichified Viewrange |
Jeff Anonymous (In reference to the Zanesville, OH, airport code and Zero-Zero Visibility) Science:Meteorology Science:Meteorology |
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