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Too Many Acronyms (i.imgur.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 41 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 44 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

...or PCMCIA for short.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

This joke is brought to you by the old people who's knees hurt

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I still use PCMCIAs at my job. Had to order a reader. It has been... challenging (particularly getting permissions to connect it to the system, but even finding them is not super easy).

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's more my back than my knees

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I learned this one in coolsig.com (which I was recently surprised to learn still exists and looks basically as I remember it!). At the time, I looked up the actual meaning, but the one in this thread is the one I still remember.