NODE 5fa895a8NES
SGT=DARREN=S.=HARLOW%ISB%MCTSSA@nwsfallbrook3.nwac.sea06.navy.milMon, 16 May 94 13:02:57 PDT
Does anyone have a write-up on NES? I believe that it is based on
DES, but I am not sure. It is for a paper that I am writing up.
Thanks!
Sgt Darren Harlow - Computer Security
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NODE 8c67c195AOL for Acronym OverLoading
tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)Mon, 16 May 94 18:46:01 PDT
>
> Does anyone have a write-up on NES? I believe that it is based on
> DES, but I am not sure. It is for a paper that I am writing up.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sgt Darren Harlow - Computer Security
The NES has been pretty much replaced by S-NES, the Super-Nintendo
Entertainment System. Check it out in any toy store.
Oh, you meant something different? This exemplifies what I believe it
was Eric Hughes who called it "acronym overloading," or "TLA overlaoding." I
have thus dubbed this "AOL," standing for both America OnLine _and_
Acronym OverLoading, thus defining itself by example.
Other cases of AOL:
LCD -- Least Common Divisor, Liquid Crystal Display
CIA -- Culinary Institute of America, Central Intelligence Agency
DOE -- Department of Energy, Distributed Objects Everywhere (Sun)
..and probably dozens more
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NODE 74a7252aRe: AOL for Acronym OverLoading
grendel@netaxs.com (Michael Handler)Mon, 16 May 94 19:10:35 PDT
> > Does anyone have a write-up on NES? I believe that it is based on
> > DES, but I am not sure. It is for a paper that I am writing up.
>
> The NES has been pretty much replaced by S-NES, the Super-Nintendo
> Entertainment System. Check it out in any toy store.
What, no 3DO or Lynx? ;)
> Oh, you meant something different? This exemplifies what I believe it
> was Eric Hughes who called it "acronym overloading," or "TLA overlaoding." I
> have thus dubbed this "AOL," standing for both America OnLine _and_
> Acronym OverLoading, thus defining itself by example.
Amen to this. Perhaps Darren was referring to NewDES when he said NES?
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