Black Friday

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

No self respecting computer professional would use that term.

Oh, very true. I think that it is why it is all the more amusing: because it is so obscure.

I also like what (unofficially) TWAIN (a scanner interface protocol) stands for.

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Oh, very true. I think that it is why it is all the more amusing: because it is so obscure.

I also like what (unofficially) TWAIN (a scanner interface protocol) stands for.

From the Wiki:

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

History

The TWAIN group originally launched in 1992 by several members of the imaging industry, with the intention of standardising communication between image handling software and hardware. The word TWAIN is from Rudyard Kipling's "The Ballad of East and West" — "...and never the twain shall meet..." — reflecting the difficulty at the time of connecting scanners and personal computers.

although,

The word TWAIN is not an official acronym; however, it is widely known as "Technology Without An Interesting Name." The official website notes that "[this name] seems to haunt the standard."

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

From the Wiki:

Hence the "(unofficially)"