Dan Knight wrote:
>
> Several topics. Please keep this email handy for future reference.
...
> Three rants about capitalization:
>
> 1. Memory is RAM, for Random Access Memory. It's not Ram or ram.
>
> 2. Cycles are abbreviated Hz in honor of Mr. Hertz. KHz, MHz, and GHz are
> the correct abbreviations for kilohertz, megahertz, and gigahertz.
>
> 3. The computer is a Mac, short for Macintosh. MAC stands for the Machine
> Address built into ethernet support circuitry.
>
> As an editor, it drives me nuts to see these used incorrectly. (I guess
> you have to be a bit anal to be an editor....)
Don't worry, it bugs me too, as a hardware geek/freak... :)
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