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| APPALOOSA | AMD Processor Portends Affordability Like One Open Source Application |
Sean Lamb (Appaloosa was AMD's code name for their less-expensive Duron line of processors) Names:Code Names |
| ATI | Absolutely Terrific Illustrations |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to the graphics card company. Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| CD-ROM | Can't Detect Round Of Metal |
Angela Brett, whose CD-ROM drive can no longer see when there's a CD in it. |
| CMOS | Computer Must Operate Somehow |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (CMOS usually stands for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| EPSON | Evil Printer Supplier Overcharges Needlessly |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to Epson's practice of gouging on inkjet cartridges) Commerce:Companies |
| FIREWIRE | Fast Information Retrieval, Even Without Inconvenient Restarting Everytime. |
Angela Brett |
| HITACHI | How Is This A Computer-Human Interface? |
Sean Lamb (Hitachi makes computer monitors...) |
| JOYSTICK | Just One Young Student That Is Controlling Kicks |
Sean Lamb (who spent many an evening in the college computer lab playing games) |
| MODEM | Mine Often DIsconnects… Extremely Maddening. |
Angela Brett, whose new modem keeps cutting her off even after having its dongle fixed and the phone lines to the house fixed. |
| PALOMINO | Planning Another Launch, One Manufacturer Is Now Online |
Sean Lamb (Palomino was AMD's code name for their Athlon line of processors) Names:Code Names |
| 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) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| PPC | Productive Processor Cycles |
Angela Brett, because PowerPCs and other RISC chips are generally faster per MHz than CISC chips. Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| 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) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| QWERTY | "Quit Writing Everything Rapidly!" Typewriter Yells |
Angela Brett, since the QWERTY keyboard layout was designed to stop typewriters from jamming, though not necessarily by slowing down typing. (See http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_248.html and the linked article for an interesting discussion on this) |
| ROUTERS | Rhymes Outers? Uters? The Easiest Route's Silence. |
Angela Brett, as geeks sometimes argue about the pronunciation of the word router. |
| SCANNER | Stupid Contraption Apparently Now Needs Extra RAM. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela, after having a lot of problems with her new scanner (see SCSI CHAIN) was told that she needed more RAM to run it. After new RAM was added and some software conflicts were supposedly fixed (see FIXED MY MAC) she still can't get it to scan. Her advice: Don't buy Microtek, they're as troublesome as that *other* Micro company. |
| STYLUS | Stop Typing... You'll Love Using Scribbles. |
Angela Brett |
| 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.' Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| WIRELESS | With ITrip Radio Equipment, Listeners Everywhere Start Stations |
Angela Brett (the iTrip is an FM transmitter for the Apple iPod... by far the best one if you ask me as it gets all the power it needs from the earphone port, yet has just as good range as competing products which require batteries.) |
| 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. Re-expansions of existing acronyms |