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- From: jonb@ingres.com (Jon Berger)
- Newsgroups: alt.sources
- Subject: Re: Acronym database
- Message-ID: <1991Jan30.181122.580@ingres.Ingres.COM>
- Date: 30 Jan 91 18:11:22 GMT
-
- In article <1991Jan29.231230.9326@midway.uchicago.edu> swsh@ellis.uchicago.edu (Janet M. Swisher) writes:
- >In article <16135@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> djohnson@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Darin
- >Johnson) writes:
- >>In article <1991Jan29.193720.12383@cs.utk.edu> de5@ornl.gov writes:
- >>>Public Domain Acronym/Abbreviation Database
- >
- >>>AI - Artificial Intelligence
- >
- >>This was a cause of confusion with a discussion of AI with my Aunt
- >>a few years ago. I'm in Computer Science, and she is a nurse and
- >>does veterinary work. After becoming confused, we discovered I was
- >>talking about Artificial Intelligence, and she was talking about
- >>Artificial Insemination...
-
- Reminds me of a time, long ago, when I was having a conversation with a
- schoolteacher friend about an assembly program she'd written. See, in
- elementary schools they have assemblies, at which programs are
- presented...
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