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  1. What does IBM stand for? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope

    Aug 20, 2005 · Their initials, not their beliefs, i mean 🙂 If you take the computer HAL from 2001, and move the letters up one, you get IBM. Was this intentional? Come to think of it, what does HAL stand …

  2. Explain this legal term 'ov" - Factual Questions - Straight Dope

    Feb 26, 2009 · In an email, my attorney keeps using the term/acronym ‘ov’ in sentences that relate to a file or case. Without the email in front of me, please forgive me paraphrasing. He states things such …

  3. Is there a word for an acronym that DOES spell a word?

    Mar 5, 2018 · Is there a word for an acronym that DOES spell a word (and not acronyms that don’t)?? “Initialism” is NAACP and IBM. “Acronym” is, as you say sort of backwards, pronounceable as …

  4. "v." versus "vs." - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board

    Jun 5, 2009 · SCO v. IBM. Does the "v." stand for "versus"? Factual Questions 24 2617 April 18, 2005

  5. Why "TK"? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board

    In publishing, “TK” is the abbreviation for “to come.” When you are working on something and need to indicate where information you don’t yet have will go, you say “TK.” (For instance: “Joe Blow moved …

  6. Scanning for Security Purposes? - Straight Dope

    I don’t know what you’ve got there, but I don’t think it’s on the SD side, since it’s not affecting me. I’d run the usual Adaware, Spybot, etc. You might have picked up some nasty along the way at some point. …

  7. Let Stand for 5 Minutes - Straight Dope

    Jan 16, 2003 · What does that mean? That’s not really the question. The question is more, what does letting things stand for 5 minutes do? I don’t subsist entirely on hamburgers and various things I can …

  8. Button on laptop keyboard for controlling the mouse?

    Aug 30, 2012 · On some laptop keyboards there is a small rubber or foam button in the middle of the keyboard that can be used to control the mouse. On the one I’m using it’s a circular rubber one …

  9. Why is calling Trump Supporters MAGAts allowed? - Straight Dope

    Jul 31, 2024 · I see the use of MAGAts to refer to Trump supporters in many threads, generally P&E. It’s used pretty casually and it appears to be perfectly fine to say. Why? It’s clearly a homophone of …

  10. What does the KY in KY Jelly Lubricant Stand For?

    Aug 31, 2001 · I am sure someone will come up with a link to an already answered thread, even more will come up with snappy comebacks. I searched the threads and checked the J&J website, can’t …