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Airhog
01-28-2004, 09:13 AM
I dream this little game up last night. Each correct anwser is worth 1 point. PM me your anwsers. You have until noon to anwser. Most points wins, in case of a tie, it goes to the first person that submits the correct anwsers. Please, dont use google to cheat :D

Here is an example - PC=Personal Computer

1.CPU
2.IDE
3.ISA
4.SCSI
5.PCI
6.SIMM
7.ROM
8.LED
9.SMTP
10.BIOS
11.MCA
12.CMOS
13.DIMM
14.ECC
15.PNP
16.AGP
17.DOS
18.GUI
19.USB
20.DNS
21.WWW
22.FTP
23.RAM
24. DSL
25. DUN
26. IPX

Ksyrup
01-28-2004, 09:16 AM
Shouldn't this thread be titled, "The CAAC?"

rkmsuf
01-28-2004, 09:20 AM
Can we suggest answers?

Airhog
01-28-2004, 09:27 AM
Well, Since I initially dubbed this a contest, then no, maybe once we have a winner we will go that route

Fido
01-28-2004, 09:43 AM
Too easy

Airhog
01-28-2004, 09:51 AM
Fido: I think you have an unfair advantage being a computer programmer. None of these terms are really that diffucult to someone that works on computers alot, but for the public some of these terms are fairly difficult. Im sure I could come up with some hard ones for you :P

Airhog
01-28-2004, 09:51 AM
Fido: I think you have an advantage being a computer programmer. None of these terms are really that diffucult to someone that works on computers alot, but for the public some of these terms are fairly difficult. Im sure I could come up with some hard ones for you :P

Fido
01-28-2004, 10:43 AM
Fido: I think you have an advantage being a computer programmer. None of these terms are really that diffucult to someone that works on computers alot, but for the public some of these terms are fairly difficult.
It wasn't my intent to belittle your list - I was simply bragging because, franklly I was surprised that I knew them all :)

Im sure I could come up with some hard ones for you :P

oh...so could I:

1.ASCII
2.BLOB
3.CISC
4.DDE
5.EEPROM
6.FORTRAN
7.GNU
8.HGA
9.IMAP
10.JPEG
11.KDE
12.LEX
13.MAPI
14.NetBEUI
15.ODBC
16.PCMCIA
17.QDOS
18.RISC
19.SATAN
20.TAPI
21.UUID
22.VESA
23.W3C
24.XGA
25.YAHOO
26.ZIF

Airhog
01-28-2004, 10:59 AM
Fido: sorry, I didnt mean for my post to sound that way :D

Anyways, just 1 hour left to submit anwsers if you like.

Franklinnoble
01-28-2004, 11:08 AM
Yahoo is an acronym?

Maple Leafs
01-28-2004, 11:09 AM
Yahoo is an acronym?I thought it was half an acronym.

Sloan
01-28-2004, 11:10 AM
Nope, it is a full acronym.

Fido
01-28-2004, 11:12 AM
Yahoo is an acronym?
That was my reaction when I first heade it. But the acronym does make sense.

Franklinnoble
01-28-2004, 11:51 AM
I just looked it up. It's a pretty stupid acronym.

Airhog
01-28-2004, 11:59 AM
I got a few of your fido, but I must admit, those are some toughies.

Fido
01-28-2004, 12:10 PM
I just looked it up. It's a pretty stupid acronym.Not when you consider the two guys who founded Yahoo.

sabotai
01-28-2004, 01:21 PM
1.ASCII
2.BLOB
3.CISC
4.DDE
(and the rest of Fido's list)
I always knew I was a geek...but it wasn't until this very moment did I realize how much of a geek I really am. I need to get out more.