Computing Acronyms

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

  • PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
  • WWW - World Wide Wait
  • ISDN - It Still Does Nothing
  • MACINTOSH - Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs
  • WINDOWS: Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
  • 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
  • NTSC - Never Twice the Same Colour
  • NTSC - Never The Same Colour twice

Ahh how quickly these dated. And yet the sentiments remain... -h