17.304 acronyms

From: Humanist Discussion Group (by way of Willard McCarty willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Oct 16 2003 - 01:41:52 EDT

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       [1] From: Stephen Ramsay <sramsay@uga.edu> (15)
             Subject: Re: 17.301 an acronym

       [2] From: Alexandre Enkerli <aenkerli@indiana.edu> ( )
             Subject: DIMSUM

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             Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 06:36:16 +0100
             From: Stephen Ramsay <sramsay@uga.edu>
             Subject: Re: 17.301 an acronym

    On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 06:31:06AM +0100, Humanist Discussion Group (by way
    of Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk>) wrote:
    > I suppose everyone has his or her favourite acronym.

    Yes, I think that's true. My favorite is TWAIN. It's the standard
    protocol for connecting application software with image and audio
    acquisition sources (e.g. scanners).

    It stands for "Technology Without An Interesting Name."

    Steve

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    --[2]------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 06:36:59 +0100 From: Alexandre Enkerli <aenkerli@indiana.edu> Subject: DIMSUM

    Now you're making us hungry. Ah well...



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