I won't argue APAR nor SPOOL, which is one acronym that is more meaningful than
its deriving phrase, Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line, but I will have
to question Cadaver. According to the OED, Cadaver in English is derived from
the Latin word for a dead body, related to to cadere, to
Jon Butler wrote:
Now, let's move on to gringo. ;-))
Oh no, I'm dying, are you deadly serious? ;-D
Thanks for your entertaining info about cadavers before I fall down and drop
dead. ;-)
Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht
Jon Butler writes:
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I won't argue APAR nor SPOOL, which is one acronym that is more
meaningful than its deriving phrase, Simultaneous Peripheral Operation
On-Line, but I will have to question Cadaver.
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adumbrates without really making the useful distinction between
jwgli...@gmail.com (John Gilmore) writes:
Did the phrase come first, followed by its acronym? Or did the
acronym come first, followed by the construction of a more or, often,
very much less felicitous phrase to serve as its imputed its origin?
aka some claims that spool comes from spool/reel
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jwgli...@gmail.com (John Gilmore) writes:
Did the phrase come first, followed by its acronym? Or did the
acronym come first, followed by the construction
The 10th edition of IBM Jargon, a semi-official publication edited by
Mike Cowlishaw, contains the definition:
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APAR (ay-parr). 1. n. Authorized Program Analysis Report. This is an
official report to IBM of an error in a program. The acronym is used
so often that most people don't
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The 10th edition of IBM Jargon, a semi-official
