1994-05-19 - Re: AOL and LAM (LA meeting)``

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From: Adam Shostack <adam@bwh.harvard.edu>
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Date: Thu, 19 May 94 13:45:29 PDT
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Tim asked:

| By the way, while ATM has _three_ major meanings, are there any ohter
| such examples? Or even _four_ major meanings?

NIC came up while we were planning a new operating theatre:

Nurse In Charge, Not In Charts, and Network Interface Card.

Outside of the chart we were looking at, its Network Information
Center, and probably has other meanings.


Adam

-- 
Adam Shostack 				       adam@bwh.harvard.edu

Politics.  From the greek "poly," meaning many, and ticks, a small,
annoying bloodsucker.






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