On 3 Aug 2010 00:19:10 -0700, timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com (Timothy Sipples) wrote:
>I don't remember where I read or heard the story, but I think IBM preferred >to use the term "storage" because "memory" implied that forgetting is >possible. Therefore, to avoid conveying the impression that IBM computers >could forget precious information -- or at least to suggest that forgetting >was less likely -- "storage" it was. Which is why so many of us thought of RAM (with the "M" standing for "Memory"), as memory, with disk & tape as "Storage". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
