Computing Acronyms

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Computing Acronyms

 

Ever wondered what some of those computing acronyms actually stand for?

 

ISDN - It Still Does Nothing

 

APPLE - Arrogance Produces Profit Losing Entity

 

SCSI - System Can't See It

 

DOS - Defunct Operating System

 

BASIC - Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control

 

IBM - I Blame Microsoft

 

IBM - Its Better Manually

 

DEC - Do Expect Cuts

 

CD-ROM - Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months

 

OS/2 - Obsolete Soon, Too

 

PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

 

NTSC - Never Twice the Same Colour

 

NTSC - Never The Same Colour twice

 

WWW - World Wide Wait

 

MACINTOSH - Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs