Acronym database

[Jon Berger]

In article <1991Jan29.231230.9326 at midway.uchicago.edu> swsh at ellis.uchicago.edu (Janet M. Swisher) writes:
>In article <16135 at sdcc6.ucsd.edu> djohnson at beowulf.ucsd.edu (Darin
>Johnson) writes:
>>In article <1991Jan29.193720.12383 at cs.utk.edu> de5 at 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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