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From: rminnich@super.ORG (Ronald G Minnich)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: What does VME stand for?
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Date: 8 Apr 91 19:36:28 GMT
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In article <1991Apr5.194027.22127@garfield.cs.mun.ca> sandy@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Sandy Walsh) writes:
>So far the winner seems to be Virtual Memory Environment
>with Virtual Memory Expansion a close second ( and my favorite ).
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A timeless classic, probably derived from DEC's VAX name, 
but pretty completely wrong (what does a bus spec have to do with 
VM, much less VM expansion?)

I always thought it was
Versabus Module Eurocard (style)
Any better ones?

??
ron