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Why, for the love of all the gods, do people keep saying and writing "LCD display".
Tell me what the "D" in "LCD" means!
What does the "D" mean, hmmm!?
The same as the M in ATM machine and N in PIN number, V in HIV virus and C in UPC code!
Oh, the dreaded RAS syndrome!.
I'm off to read some DC comics.
I will be reporting this to the American Association Against Acronym Abuse!
Also known as: The Fonz
I'll remember that the next time I enter my PIN number at an ATM machine.
You really need to learn about RAS syndrome.
Diode?
Display
it means peDantic
Dichotomy of humanities ego and id and how it affects the standards of morality and self expression in a pre post scarcity world?