Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/10

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Subject: [Leica] MAC versus Mac
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:49:52 -0500
References: <4AF9D877.80002@sfr.fr> <20091110214051.GG3168@jbm.org>

good point

the mistake can get very confusing when working with wifi connections  
where even PCs and non-computers have MAC numbers

ric

On Nov 10, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Jeff Moore wrote:

> I honestly don't intend to be mean by this, just informative.  I  
> tend to crave
> precision, and certain things bug me.
>
> At any rate, sometimes I see people referring to Macintosh computers  
> writing
> "MAC".  The conventional short form of Macintosh is "Mac" (just the  
> first
> letter capitalized).  When all letters are capitalized, it implies  
> that one is
> using an acronym where each letter stands for a separate word --  
> such as MAC
> for Media Access Control, or PC for Personal Computer.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Jeff
>
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In reply to: Message from philippe.amard at sfr.fr (Philippe Amard) ([Leica] OT: MAC question - Mail / Netscape / Thunderbird)
Message from jbm at jbm.org (Jeff Moore) ([Leica] MAC versus Mac)