Close, but not quite there Chuck!
This http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/PCMCIA.html confirms my recollection
that M means Memory and C means Card
Like you, I thought that I means Industry but it seems that we are both
wrong - International.
Piers
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Chuck Norcutt
Sent: 02 March 2004 10:50
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 question
PCMCIA is actually Personal Computer Manufacturer's Computer Industry
Association... meaning a "standards" group. However, no one (except me,
maybe) could ever remember this mouthful and so it's most appropriate that
it fostered the People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms.
And, yes, it is now simply called PC Card.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> I thought PCMCIA had gone away in favor of PC card. My late brother
> designed portable computers. He believed PCMCIA stood for People Can't
> Memorize Computer Industry Ackronyms.
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