> But Google bears out your assertion that it's more commonly
> used for Administrator today -- there are an order of
> magnitude more hits for DBA as administrator than analyst.
> Still, the first Google hit on "jargon DBA"
> says "Short for Database Administrator, Database Analyst or
> Database Architect. DBA is the individual responsible for
> maintaining, analyzing and/or updating a computer Database."
>
Google is cool, but the original use of that acronym was not even
Technology oriented. DBA stood for "Doing Business As" when it
first became a TLA. Now it means many different things, one of them
being Database related. Just this afternoon I heard it used in a sentence.
"That Database A$$#0!!# just locked up our Enterprise SQL Cluster
and now I have to contact UNISYS support!"
Thanks for your support,
James
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