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ushowerthoughts·Showerthoughtsbyunitedwithme Funny how AIM was an acronym inside of an acronym"AOL Instant Messenger" aka America On Line Instant Messenger...View original on lemmy.today106Comments32Reply
mschae replydiscuss.mschae23.deGTK has has a recursive acronym inside a regular acronym inside of it12Reply
SSippyCup replylemmy.worldSend the message to the next clacks tower, do not log message, at the end of the line, send it back.4Reply
TranquilTurbulence replylemmy.zipBetter clean your hands after touching those buttons. Don’t want to catch something nasty like the HIV virus.1Reply
BananaPeal replysh.itjust.worksDon't you know about the HURD? Everybody knows that the HURD is the word!4Reply
northernlights lemmy.todayPeople were getting crazy with acronyms back then. Like Wine - "Wine Is Not an Emulator".9Reply
RRandelung lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesARM is Advanced RISC Machine RISC is Reduced Instruction Set Computer9Reply
0x30507DE lemmy.today1Hide 1 replyAt least it ain't VHDL, which stands for VHSIC Hardware Description Language, or, in full, Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language. Its name is as much of a clusterfuck as the language itself.7Reply
aagentTeiko piefed.social1Hide 1 replyIf I recall AOL was changed to just be AOL like how KFC is now just KFC around when they merged with time warner7Reply
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At least it isn't recursive.
Wine.
the list is long
GNU
GIMP has a recursive acronym inside of it
GTK has has a recursive acronym inside a regular acronym inside of it
BOB
Wait until you find out what GNU stands for
($1 is Not Unix)
Send the message to the next clacks tower, do not log message, at the end of the line, send it back.
Also FedEx Express: "Federal Express Express"
I always use my PIN number at the ATM machine.
Better clean your hands after touching those buttons. Don’t want to catch something nasty like the HIV virus.
Good one!! I was just trying to think of others like this.
Redundant!
GNU would like a word.
and the word is HURD
Don't you know about the HURD? Everybody knows that the HURD is the word!
GNU's Not Unix
😂 got em!
People were getting crazy with acronyms back then. Like Wine - "Wine Is Not an Emulator".
ARM is Advanced RISC Machine
RISC is Reduced Instruction Set Computer
Acorn RISC Machine!
*Acorn RISC machine, originally.
Ask a PHP developer what it stands for
Personal Home Page
Pretty Huge Programs
At least it ain't VHDL, which stands for VHSIC Hardware Description Language, or, in full, Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language. Its name is as much of a clusterfuck as the language itself.
We always just called it "very hard description language"
If I recall AOL was changed to just be AOL like how KFC is now just KFC around when they merged with time warner
KFC Time Warner: bringing chicken to the big screen.
I don't see it.