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that's for scanners etc right

it stands for something ridiculous but i can't think

(GoldenFanjita whistle posse blow! horns crew i can't hear you!, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:05, archived)

Wiki...

The word TWAIN is not officially an acronym; however, it is widely known as a backronym for "Technology Without An Interesting Name".

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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:06, archived)

yer just found that

(GoldenFanjita whistle posse blow! horns crew i can't hear you!, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:07, archived)

haha

clever geeks

just like GNU

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Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:07, archived)

wassat stand for then

edit: dunno why i ask when i can look it up in 2 seconds

i like recursive acronyms

(GoldenFanjita whistle posse blow! horns crew i can't hear you!, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:09, archived)

I thought it was an animal

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Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:10, archived)

GNU's Not UNIX

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Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:10, archived)

i know

but what does the GNU bit stand for?

(GoldenFanjita whistle posse blow! horns crew i can't hear you!, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:11, archived)

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Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:21, archived)

GNU's Not Unix

it's a recursive acronym...

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RiffRaff lurking like a lurky thing, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:27, archived)