Micro Channel Architectures (MCA):
IBM's new bus that carries information in 32-bit packets. The first
bus developed solely by lawyers, it is considered copy-proof (the
theory being that no one would want anything created by lawyers). The
bus is actually 48 bits wide, but the lawyers take 1/3 of anything
they work on. A not-so-subtle attemt to limit the market to IBM.
IBM's new bus that carries information in 32-bit packets. The first
bus developed solely by lawyers, it is considered copy-proof (the
theory being that no one would want anything created by lawyers). The
bus is actually 48 bits wide, but the lawyers take 1/3 of anything
they work on. A not-so-subtle attemt to limit the market to IBM.
Related:
- Gang of Nine:
Originally the Gang of None, this is a group of 100+ coming-of-age
companies marked by their new-found willingness to tell IBM jokes in
public,
their unwillingness to pay IBM bus royalties. Answer... - byte:: /bi:t/ [techspeak] n. A unit of memory or data equal to
the amount used to represent one character;
on modern architectures this is usually 8 bits,... - byte /bi:t/ n.
[techspeak] A unit of memory or data equal to
the amount used to represent one character;
on modern architectures this is usually 8 bits,... - mixed emotions:
Watching a bus-load of lawyers plunge off a cliff.
With five empty seats... - 100 buckets of bits on the bus
100 buckets of bits
Take one down,
short it to ground FF buckets of bits on the bus FF... - 100 buckets of bits on the bus
100 buckets of bits
Take one down,
short it to ground FF buckets of bits on the bus ... - 100 buckets of bits on the bus
100 buckets of bits
Take one down,
short it to ground FF buckets of bits on the bus ... - 100 buckets of bits on the bus
100 buckets of bits
Take one down,
short it to ground FF buckets of bits on the bus FF... - vaxocentrism /vak`soh-sen'trizm/ n.
[analogy with
`ethnocentrism'] A notional disease said to afflict C programmers
who persist in coding according to certain assumptions that are
valid (esp.
under Unix) on VAXen but false elsewhere. Among ...
