The Abbreviations game

[harrisonk]

This game is to help people understand abbreviations.

I will start I define a abbreviation such as OS and say:

Operating system.

Then I assign an abbreviation to the next person to post.

SATA

[Ravernomina]

This game is to help people understand abbreviations.

I will start I define a abbreviation such as OS and say:

Operating system.

Then I assign an abbreviation to the next person to post.

SATA



Serial advanced technology attachment

PATA

[harrisonk]

Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment.

DSL (The OS and not Internet)

[Marvin666]

D*** Small Linux.
IDE.

[emigrant]

international development enterprises. :confused:
integrated drive electronics :confused:
integrated development environtment. :)

IANA

[Marvin666]

The second one was right, I meant the cable.
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. Tricky one there...
Modem. It's not exactly an acronym, but it is short for something else.

[The Toxic Mite]

Modulator-demodulator :P

DVD±RW

[Marvin666]

Digital Video Disc, ReWritable.
HDMI

[KeLa]

High Definition Multimedia Interface
PTSD

[Marvin666]

What does Posttramatic Stress Disorder have to do with computers? Wait, maybe you work in tech support...
PCMCIA

[The Toxic Mite]

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

BING

[harrisonk]

Ok Because this thread has been inactive first of all what does BING meen?

Mobo

[Jose Catre-Vandis]

For Bing, lots of choices -> here (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:Bing+&ei=Lh5BS-HMKpihjAeByOiADg&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title&ved=0CAcQkAE)

I prefer Bing Is Not Google

For Mobo
Motherboard

and the next, please

PEBKAC

[The Toxic Mite]

I think a problem exists between my keyboard and chair.*

Next:

BBC

*Pun intended :lol:

[Shippou]

BBC



British Broadcasting Corporation ?

MULTICS

[The Toxic Mite]

Multiplexed Information and Computing Service

POSIX

[Shippou]

Multiplexed Information and Computing Service

POSIX

Next abbrv?

D***. I'm getting the hang of this.

EDIT: Sorry. Late.

Portable Operating System Interface for UniX.

Tanenbaum says the IX was just added to make it sound like Unix.

Anyway...

UNIX

[adelphos]

Uniplexed Information and Computing System

And, TWAIN.

[The Toxic Mite]

Uniplexed Information and Computing System

And, TWAIN.

Ooh, how I love recursive acronyms! :P

Technology Without an Interesting Name ;)

TCP/IP

[Shippou]

Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol. OMG, I have a test on networking on Thursday...

MMORPG (I pronounce it as "momorpeg")

[KeLa]

Massive(ly) Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game

RTFM

[bob-linux-user]

Read The F**king Manual !

WYSIWYG

[KeLa]

What You See Is What You Get

CP/M

[Marisa H]

Control Program for Microcomputers

ASCII

[lukjad007]

American Standard Code for Information Interchange
sudo

[mickie.kext]

switchuser do

HURD

[underquark]

Herd of unicorn-replacing donkeys

or
HURD - Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons


PROSTALAC

[mickie.kext]

Herd of unicorn-replacing donkeys

or
HURD - Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons


PROSTALAC

You did not say what is HIRD. It stands for Hurd of Interfaces Represonting Depth. It is mutually recursive acronym;).

PROSTALAC - Prosthesis Antibiotic-Loaded Acrylic Cement

PowerPC

[almufadado]

You did not say what is HIRD. It stands for Hurd of Interfaces Represonting Depth. It is mutually recursive acronym;).

PROSTALAC - Prosthesis Antibiotic-Loaded Acrylic Cement

PowerPC

Prisoner On Windows Esoteric Reboot Personal Computer

or

Performance Optimized With Enhanced RISC Personal Computer

For you (don't be!):
MAD

[mickie.kext]

Prisoner On Windows Esoteric Reboot Personal Computer

or

Performance Optimized With Enhanced RISC Personal Computer

For you (don't be!):
MAD
Wrong. PowerPC is Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC – Performance Computing

MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction

CentOS ?

[The Toxic Mite]

Wrong. PowerPC is Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC – Performance Computing

MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction

CentOS ?

Community Enterprise Operating System

LMGTFY

[rand()m]

Wrong. PowerPC is Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC – Performance Computing

MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction

CentOS ?

Community enterprise Operating System.

SH-4?

[The Toxic Mite]

@rand()m, you missed my above post ;)

Community Enterprise Operating System

LMGTFY

[Artificial Intelligence]

A couple of posts have been removed. Please continue the game.

[The Toxic Mite]

Let Me Google That For You

DDR3 SDRAM