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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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NAS Network-Attached Storage
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 15 acronyms.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

With the SATA acronym it seems to have trouble resolving the AT, so I became curious. Here's what I've found:

"AT" was IBM's abbreviation for "Advanced Technology"; thus, many companies and organizations indicate SATA is an abbreviation of "Serial Advanced Technology Attachment". However, the ATA specifications simply use the name "AT Attachment", to avoid possible trademark issues with IBM.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Also, SAS -> Serial Attached SCSI