DEFCON: Defence readiness condition
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DIY: Do It Yourself (home improvements)
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LASER: Light Amplification by
Stimulated Emission of Radiation
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NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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PIN: Personal Identification Number
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QUANGO: QUasi Autonomous
Non-Governmental Organization
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SCUBA: Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
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SWAT (team): Special Weapons And Tactics
TARDIS (Doctor Who): Time And
Relative Dimensions In Space
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TASER: Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle
WWW: World Wide Wait
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EMAIL: Endure Mailshots And Idiotic Letters
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MICROSOFT: Most Intelligent Consumers
Realize Our Software Only Fools Toddlers
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APPLE: Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity
WINDOWS: Will Install
Needless Data On Whole System
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ISDN: It Still Does Nothing
CD-ROM: Computer Device —
Rendered Obsolete in Months
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MSN: Massive Spamming Network
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IBM: I Blame Microsoft