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Old 10-28-2004, 06:20 PM   #151
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good explanation but if you wanted what it standed for its Wireless Fidelity
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hmm... i think i'll have to take all thoughs acronyms to Excel
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Kinda like the "V" in DVD = Versatile or Video, eh?

dvd officially doesn't stand for anything...its just a name...not an abbreviation
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Old 11-28-2004, 08:35 PM   #154
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it actually stands for digital versatile disc http://dictionary.reference.com/sear...rsatile%20disc
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Old 11-28-2004, 09:13 PM   #155
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Nice link, Yuanji. It does also say that,
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(DVD, formerly "Digital Video Disc")
Kinda like SLI which once SLI stood for, Scan Line Interleave, now it means Scalable Link Interface.
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Hi, surprised no one mentioned BSOD blue screen of death
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Old 06-18-2006, 06:25 AM   #157
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Since Ageia has released it's PhysX card, we now have a :

PPU = Physics Processing Unit
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