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From: toth@tellab5.tellabs.CHI.IL.US (Joseph G. Toth Jr.)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Abbreviation: RTFM
Summary: DEC won't like that
Message-ID: <1620@tellab5.tellabs.CHI.IL.US>
Date: 27 Sep 89 13:31:26 GMT
References: <1812@servax0.essex.ac.uk> <2652@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk>
Organization: Tellabs, Inc. Lisle, IL
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In article <2652@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk>, pkatz@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk (Philip Katz) writes:
> From article <1812@servax0.essex.ac.uk>, by and@servax0.essex.ac.uk (Holyer A):
> > And while we're at it, I know what a DELNI and a DEQNA are (is? are? dunno),
> > but does anyone know offhand what they stand for?
> 
> Yep. `DEc Local Network Interface' and `DEc Q-bus Network Adaptor'. Most of
        ^^^                               ^^^
close but no cigar;  the DE stands for Digital Equipment,
as in Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC, the C should always be in caps).
(but then maybe I'm just too picky)

> the DEC things are quite easy to remember once you know what they stand for
> (a bit like UNIX, ins't it, `cp' and `pwd' and all that).
> 
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By the way, what does UNIX stand for?? (setting up for a barage of bad jokes?)
Maybe we need a new newsgroup 'alt.acronym'
Maybe this whole acronym discussion should be moved to 'rec.humor'
Maybe we should drop the acronym discussion before it gets out of hand

And, please don't tell me to RTFM...
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