Computer acronyms
David McKay
PCMCIA: people can't remember computer industry acronyms
I also like
IBM: I Blame Microsoft
ISDN It Still Does Nothing
DOS Defective Operating System
BASIC Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control
CD-ROM computer device, rendered obsolete in months
MACINTOSH Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System
Hangs
PENTIUM Produces Erroneous Numbers Through Incorrect
Understanding of Mathematics
COBOL Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language
AMIGA A Merely Insignificant Game Addiction
WINDOWS Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
MICROSOFT Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools
Teenagers
See http://www.realbig.com/miata/miata/1998-04/4048.html for the
whole list.
In Australia, we used to think of acronyms as an irritating American
invention. So somebody set up a new society to stop Aussies doing it, called
Acronym, which was
the
Association
Concerned with
Removal
Of
Nauseating
Yankee
Mimickry
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David McKay
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~musicke