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Concerning the April 2 listing about the abbreviation in Windows NT and Windows XP, I was confused by it. I was under the impression that XP was short for experienced, and NT was and acronym for new technology. I also looked it up on www.acronymfinder.com, and it confirmed my suspicions. Also, O immediately follows N, not P. I know you guys do your research, so did the Microsoft guys come up with the letters first, and then figured out a word or phase that fit?
I appologize for having to break this news to you, but that website you have listed has been proven to be demonstrably false in most cases.
Yeah, I can't find the link, but it was on snopes a while back. It's mostly just garbage put together by a web spider.
I read on one of my mailing lists that the "beta" name was actually Windows XO. However, they then recognized the dual-meaning of "commanding officer" and since they were trying to shed their "big brother" monopoly image, they tweaked it to Windows XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/columns/1998q&a/QA5-6.asp
See the last question asked of Mr. Gates
Of course that's what "NT" stands for OFFICIALLY, however, the name was made to fit the acronym. Dave Cutler, the architect of Windows NT, certainly disagrees (see the first edition of Windows Internals), and he would certainly be the one to know since it was he who invented it.
XP likewise stands for something OFFICIALLY, something lame like "eXperience Plus", I forget. But likewise, the "name" was made to fit the acronym, not the other way around.
Actually, "XO" is a military acronym for Executive Officer (second in command). "CO" is Commanding Officer.
I saw that too... I asked a couple friends who'd done computer related degrees and they both agreed the next letter thing was not true.
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