DVD and CD are NOT acronyms, they are abbreviations. An acronym is an abbreviation which you pronounce as a word. WiFi is an acronym if you pronounce it as 'wyefye', rather than spell out the letters. Brian John Burke wrote: > Probably impossible to understand and composed entirely of acronyms........ > > Actually what do you mean 2630...................bad enough right > now..........DVD,CD,WiFi,WAN,LAN, > > Are all in common use as shorthand for the real name, so I guess if you were > to drop out for a few years you basically wouldn't have a clue............. > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of George Patrick > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 12:05 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] Is it Friday yet? > > > Makes you wonder what language will look like in 2630 :) > -- ______________________________________________ Please note new e-mail address [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------