CIA - Computer Industry Acronyms

• CD-ROM: Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months
• PCMCIA: People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
• ISDN: It Still Does Nothing
• SCSI: System Can't See It
• MIPS: Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed
• DOS: Defunct Operating System
• WINDOWS: Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
• OS/2: Obsolete Soon, Too
• PnP: Plug and Pray
• APPLE: Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity
• IBM: I Blame Microsoft
• DEC: Do Expect Cuts
• MICROSOFT: Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools Teenagers
• CA: Constant Acquisitions
• COBOL: Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language
• LISP: Lots of Insipid and Stupid Parentheses
• MACINTOSH: Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs
• AAAAA: American Association Against Acronym Abuse.
• WYSIWYMGIYRRLAAGW: What You See Is What You Might Get If You're Really Really Lucky And All Goes Well.