From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!trb Newsgroups: net.games.trivia Title: Re: Is Xerox an Acronym? Article-I.D.: floyd.316 Posted: Thu Jun 24 09:54:34 1982 Received: Sun Jun 27 23:21:46 1982 References: ihtpa.113 "Xerox" is no acronym. "Xerography" is the name of the dry printing process from which Xerox gets its name. From the Greek "xeros", meaning "dry." "Serene" has its roots here too. (All this from the dictionary.) Andy Tannenbaum Bell Labs Whippany, NJ (201) 386-6491